Penstemon laetus var. sagittatus

Plant Information

Species:

laetus

Species Authority:

A. Gray

Variety:

sagittatus

Variety Authority:

D.D. Keck

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:

Dry sagebrush and open juniper and ponderosa pine communities.

Distribution Range:

South Lake County, Oregon, near Summer and Paisely lakes, southward. Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, and Modoc County to Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California. Type locality: Mount Shasta.

Elevation - Min:

400.00m

Elevation - Max:

2000.00m

Other Notes:

Penstemon laetus is a complex species with two of the four varieties entering the listed region.

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

July

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.