Penstemon roezlii
Species:
roezlii
Subgenus:
Saccanthera
Section:
Saccanthera
Subsection:
Heterophylli
Habit:
shrub
Habit Woodiness:
suffrutescent
Lifespan:
long-lived
Plant Height - Min:
2.00dm
Plant Height - Max:
8.00dm
Habitat Description:
Common from the low mountains.
Distribution Range:
South-central Oregon to the Sierra Nevada of the Lake Tahoe district of California; in northern California on both slopes of the Sierra, but toward its southern limits more restricted to the eastern side of the mountains, extending the range slightly into Nevada.
Elevation - Min:
400.00m
Elevation - Max:
2000.00m
Other Notes:
It appears that this subspecies is more variable in Oregon than in California. The Sierra Nevada material is quite uniform, but that of the Klamath Mountains is apt to display slight differences at each appearance in a different chain or spur.
First Bloom:
June
Last Bloom:
July
Chromosome Number:
2n = 16
References:
Keck DD. 1932. Studies in Penstemon: a systematic treatment of the section Saccanthera. University of California Publications in Botany. 16:367-426.