Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon payettensis A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 62: 147 (1916) |
Native Range | nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2600m |
Description | glabrous, leaves thick, rigid, basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to broadly ovate, stem leaves amplexicaule, lanceolate-ovate, floral whorls dense, remote |
Size | 20-70cm |
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, ORE Oregon) |