Penstemon breviculus

Plant Information
Species: 
breviculus
Species Authority: 
(D.D. Keck) Nisbet & R.C. Jacks.
Subgenus: 
Penstemon
Section: 
Cristati
Habit: 
herbaceous perennial
Habit Woodiness:
 
herb
Lifespan: 
long-lived
Plant Height - Min: 
0.80dm
Plant Height - Max: 
2.00dm
Habitat Description: 
On open sagebrush hillsides and pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Distribution Range: 
South Grand County and San Juan County, Utah, Montezuma County, Colorado, and San Juan County, New Mexico. Dry rocky slopes, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; in California through the Coast Ranges from Alameda County to Los Angeles County, thence north into the southern Sierra Nevada, occasional to the Lake Tahoe region.
Soil Type: 
Sandy, gravelly, or clay soils.
Elevation - Min: 
1600.00m
Elevation - Max: 
2000.00m
Other Notes: 

Photos by Andi Wolfe ©2015 - If you would like to use any of these photos, contact Andi Wolfe at Ohio State University

First Bloom: 
June
Last Bloom: 
July
References: 

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