Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon alamosensis Pennell & G.T.Nisbet sect. Gentianoides |
Bibliography | Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull. 41: 709 (1960) |
Native Range | New Mexico to w. Texas |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | leaves elliptic, obovate or broadly lanceolate, to 15cm long, glabrous and often glaucous, flowers 20-25mm long in subsecund inflorescence |
Size | 15-120cm |
Color | oranhe |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |