Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon hallii A.Gray sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 70 (1862) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-4000m |
Description | leaves thickish, oblong to oblong-spathulate, blue-green, entire, raceme short, spicate, 5-15-flowered, flowers 15-20mm, broadly campanulate, staminodium shortly hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Penstemon bakeri Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |