Penstemon linarioides var. coloradoensis
Species:
linarioides
Variety:
coloradoensis
Subgenus:
Penstemon
Section:
Ericopsis
Subsection:
Linarioides
Habit:
subshrub
Habit Woodiness:
suffrutescent
Lifespan:
long-lived
Plant Height - Min:
1.00dm
Plant Height - Max:
3.00dm
Habitat Description:
In sagebrush, scrub oak, pinyon-juniper, and ponderosa pine communities.
Distribution Range:
Mountains and plateaus of southwest Beaver, west Iron, Washington, and Kane counties, Utah, adjacent Nevada (to the Sheep Range), south throughout most of Arizona and east to southwest Colorado and west New Mexico.
Soil Type:
Sandy or sometimes clay soils.
Elevation - Min:
1200.00m
Elevation - Max:
2300.00m
Other Notes:
Subspecies coloradoensis (A. Nels.) Keck of southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona, also has these flattened, appressed hairs, but shares with var. sileri the staminode bearding of a brush-like tuft of hairs at the apex and sparse pubescence proximally. Subspecies coloradoensis was reported from southwestern Utah by A. Nelson (Univ. Wyoming Publ. 3; 105. 1937), based on a misinterpretation of var. sileri.
First Bloom:
Late May
Last Bloom:
August
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.