Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon cyathophorus Rydb. sect. Coerulei |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 643 (1905) |
Native Range | Colorado to Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 2100-2900m |
Description | glabrous, grey-blue, lower leaves broadly lanceolate, to 6cm long, upwards reduced, bracts suborbiculate, inflorescence spicate, flowers 9-15mm, staminodium barbate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | bright blue, pink, white |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |