Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon arenicola A.Nelson sect. Coerulei |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 280 (1898) |
Native Range | Colorado to Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2400m |
Description | leaves entire, carnose, mainly on stem, 25-50mm long, oblanceolate, flowers 12-14mm long, staminodium densely barbate at exserted apex |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | blue, bluish purple |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |