Penstemon floridus var. austinii

Plant Information

Species:

floridus

Species Authority:

Brandegee

Variety:

austinii

Variety Authority:

(Eastw.) N.H. Holmgren

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Peltanthera

Subsection:

Peltanthera

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

5.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

12.00dm

Habitat Description:

Sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities, usually along washes and canyon floors.

Distribution Range:

South White, Inyo, Last Chance, Grapevine, and Panamint mountains of Inyo County, California and the south end of the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County, Nevada, east to Shoshone Mountain and Tolicha Peak of Nye County, Nevada. Kingston mountains, eastern San Bernardino County, California, north to the Margosa Desert, Nevada, east of Death Valley.

Soil Type:

Usually in gravelly soil.

Elevation - Min:

1500.00m

Elevation - Max:

2500.00m

Other Notes:

Penstemon floridus is divisible into two geographically replacing varieties. In the southern White Mountains and the southern end of the Silver Peak Range where the two varieties meet, there is apparent hybridization and intergradation.

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

Early July

Chromosome Number:

2n = 16

References:

Holmgren NH. 1984. Penstemon and Keckiella. In Intermountain Flora, vol. 4. Ed. Arthur Cronquist et al. Bronx: The New York Botanical Garden.