Penstemon metcalfei

Plant Information

Species:

metcalfei

Species Authority:

Woot. & Standl.

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Penstemon

Subsection:

Humiles

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

suffrutescent

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

3.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

4.00dm

Habitat Description:

Type collected on shady slopes at the Lookout Mine, Sierra Co., New Mexico.

Distribution Range:

Lookout Mine, Sierra County, New Mexico.

Other Notes:

This plant is most closely related to P. glaucus stenosepalus A. Gray and P. whippleanus A. Gray, but is distinguished by its thinner leaves, pubescent stem, rather less dense inflorescence, and its narrow and less deeply 2-lipped and lighter-colored corolla. From P. Whippleanus it differs also in the rather larger size of the plant and the bearded sterile filament.

First Bloom:

none stated

Last Bloom:

none stated

References:

Wooten EO, Standley PC. 1915. Flora of New Mexico. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium. 19. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.