Penstemon laevis

Plant Information

Species:

laevis

Species Authority:

Pennell

Subgenus:

Habroanthus

Section:

Glabri

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

short-lived

Plant Height - Min:

4.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

6.00dm

Habitat Description:

Sandy places among sagebrush, pinyon, juniper, and ponderosa pine.

Distribution Range:

East Washington County in the Zion National Park region and west Kane County from Orderville to Kanab and on the Kaibab Plateau. Cocoino County, Arizona.

Elevation - Min:

1500.00m

Elevation - Max:

2000.00m

Other Notes:

Penstemon laevis is very closely related to P. speciosus and might be considered as a variety if it were not for the geographical separation of some 300 km and the extreme complexity in morphological variation of the latter. Unless some sense can be made of the variation in P. speciosus, the inclusion of P. laevis would be of no practical benefit. A hybrid between P. laevis and the red, tubular-flowered P. eatonii has been given the name P. X jonesii Pennell.

First Bloom:

June

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.