Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon cyaneus Pennell sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 351 (1920) |
Native Range | nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1400-2900m |
Description | glabrous, leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, stem leaves lanceolate, often amplexicaule, inflorescence openly verticillate, flowers 25-35mm long |
Size | 30-70cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |