Penstemon strictus
Species:
strictus
Subgenus:
Habroanthus
Section:
Glabri
Habit:
herbaceous perennial
Habit Woodiness:
herb
Lifespan:
long-lived
Plant Height - Min:
3.50dm
Plant Height - Max:
7.00dm
Habitat Description:
Often associated with sagebrush in pinyon-juniper woodland, oak, scrub, and openings of ponderosa pine and spruce-aspen forest.
Distribution Range:
East Uinta Mountains, Utah Plateaus, and Canyon Lands sections of Utah to south Wyoming, west Colorado, north New Mexico and northeast Arizona.
Elevation - Min:
2200.00m
Elevation - Max:
3200.00m
Other Notes:
The Arizona specimens are slightly puberulent instead of glabrous at the very base of the stem, and so may be referable to subsp. angustus Pennell. Specimens collected in Canyon de Chelly National Mounment, Apache County, and from north of Flagstaff belong to subsp. strictiformis Keck, an entity otherwise limited to southwestern Colorado.
First Bloom:
June
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.