Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon mucronatus N.H.Holmgren sect. Coerulei |
Bibliography | Brittonia 31: 234 (1979) |
Native Range | Colorado to Wyoming and Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves glabrous, the basal oblanceolate, rounded, the upper sessile, orbiculate, amplexicaule, mucronate, thyrsus interrupted, cylindrical, flowers tubular |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | blue, violet |
Bloom | spring, early 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Penstemon pachyphyllus var. mucronatus (N.H.Holmgren) Neese |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |