Penstemon mucronatus

Plant Information

Species:

mucronatus

Species Authority:

A. Gray ex Rydb.

Variety:

mucronatus

Variety Authority:

(N.H. Holmgren) Neese

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Coerulei

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

short-lived

Plant Height - Min:

1.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

2.50dm

Habitat Description:

Dry juniper and pinyon-juniper woodlands.

Distribution Range:

East end of the Uinta Mts. of northeast Utah, northwest Colorado, and adjacent Wyoming.

Elevation - Min:

1700.00m

Elevation - Max:

2100.00m

Other Notes:

Vegetatively P. mucronatus resembles P. cyathophorus Rydb. and P. harringtonii Penl. from further east in central Colorado and adjacent Wyoming.

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

June

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.