Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon montanus Greene sect. Erianthera |
Synonyms | Penstemon woodsii A.Nelson |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | glandular-hirsute, viscid, leaves only on stem, wide, grey, 15-50mm long, dentate, inflorescence racemose, flowers 26-40mm long |
Size | 6-30cm |
Color | blue, pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
montanus idahoensis D.D.Keck, Brittonia 8: 247 (1957)
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