Penstemon kingii

Plant Information

Species:

kingii

Species Authority:

S. Watson

Subgenus:

Saccanthera

Section:

Saccanthera

Subsection:

Heterophylli

Habit:

shrub

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

0.80dm

Plant Height - Max:

2.50dm

Habitat Description:

Dry sagebrush valleys and pinyon-juniper wooded hills.

Distribution Range:

South Malheur County, Oregon, south in Nevada through the Jackson and Santa Rosa ranges of Humboldt County, the Independence, Adobe, East Humboldt, and Ruby Mountains, of Elko County, to the Desatoya Mountains of Churchill County and Gold Mountain or south Esmeralda County, the Toiyabe, Toquima, Monitor, and Kawich ranges of north Nye County, and the Schell Creek Range of White Pine County.

Elevation - Min:

1500.00m

Elevation - Max:

3000.00m

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

June

Chromosome Number:

2n = 32

References:

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