Penstemon confusus

Plant Information

Species:

confusus

Species Authority:

M. E. Jones

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Peltanthera

Subsection:

Centranthifolii

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

0.60dm

Plant Height - Max:

3.00dm

Habitat Description:

"Usually with sagebrush in pinyon-juniper woodlands." Holmgren (1984)

Distribution Range:

East Nevada in west Nye, White Pine, Lincoln, and Clark counties, and southwest Utah from Juab to Washington County east to Utah, Piute, and Sevier. Arid sandy slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; hills surrounding Owens Valley, Mono and Inyo Counties, California. (Holmgren 1984)

Soil Type:

Dry, gravelly (often limestone) soils. (Holmgren 1984)

Elevation - Min:

1700.00m

Elevation - Max:

2200.00m

Common Name:

Owens Valley Penstemon

Other Notes:

The epithet "confusus" reflects the confusion about the taxonomy of this species.

"Collections from the Pine Valley Mountains and the mountains to the west in Washington Co., Utah and adjacent Lincoln Co., Nevada are intermediate between P. confusus and P. utahensis. Either these collections are hybrids in an area of overlapping distributions, or they represent an undescribed variety that would justify reduction of P. confusus to varietal rank under the older name P. utahensis." - Holmgren (1984)

First Bloom:

April

Last Bloom:

June

References:

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