Rock Garden Plants
Penstemon tolmiei Hook. sect. Penstemon 
Home
Families
Genus
Territory
Habitat
Synonyms
Types
Galery
Info
FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE
Genus speciesPenstemon tolmiei Hook. sect. Penstemon
BibliographyFl. Bor. Amer. 2: 98 (1838)
Native Rangeec. British Columbia to e. Washington
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1200-2300m
Descriptioncaespitose, glabrous, leaves lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, entire, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, thyrsus interrupted, whorls dense, many flowered, corolla 8-11mm
Size3-20cm
Colorblue
Bloomsummer, autumn
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPenstemon procerus var. tolmiei (Hook.) Cronquist
Penstemon procerus ssp. tolmiei (Hook.) D.D.Keck
Penstemon tolmiei ssp. typicus D.D.Keck
Territory7 Northern America
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington)
Version 10.0
(c) 1990-2025 RNDr. Pavel Slabý