| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon retrorsus Payson sect. Caespitosi |
| Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 373 (1920) |
| Native Range | Colorado |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2500m |
| Description | cinereous, leaves oblanceolate or spathulate, 8-15mm, flowers 15-20mm in interrupted spike, corolla tubular, staminodium apically densely barbate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |