| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon californicus (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) D.D.Keck sect. Caespitosi |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 378 (1937) |
| Native Range | s. California to Baja California Norte |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-2300m |
| Description | greyish strigose, leaves linear-oblanceolate, entire, thickish, 5-9mm, mucronate, shortly petiolate, flowers in raceme, 14-18mm long, distinctly bilabiate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue, bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
| Synonyms | Penstemon linarioides var. californicus Munz & I.M.Johnst. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |