Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon diphyllus Rydb. sect. Saccanthera |
Bibliography | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 349 (1900) |
Native Range | ne. Idaho to w. Montana and se. Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-2300m |
Description | stems ramose, minutely strigose, leaves 3-5cm, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, lanceolate, acute, calyx glandular pubescent, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 10-80cm |
Color | blue, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 triphyllus ssp. diphyllus (Rydb.) D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington) |