| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon rupicola (Piper) Howell sect. Erianthera |
| Bibliography | Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 510 (1901] |
| Native Range | Washington to n. California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 60-2400m |
| Description | flowering branchlets spreading hirsute, leaves orbiculate to broadly elliptic, glaucous, denticulate, upper leaves reduced, flowers in compact raceme, corolla 25-35mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | reddish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Penstemon newberryi var. rupicola Piper |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |
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