Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon acaulis L.O.Williams sect. Cristati |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 345 (1934) |
Native Range | Wyoming to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | leaves all basal, sublinear, to 22mm long, crowded, flowers subsessile, solitary, tubular-campanulate, staminodium with short, yellow hairs |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | 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 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |