Penstemon navajoa

Plant Information

Species:

navajoa

Species Authority:

N.H. Holmgren

Subgenus:

Habroanthus

Section:

Glabri

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

suffrutescent

Lifespan:

short-lived

Plant Height - Min:

2.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

4.00dm

Habitat Description:

Rocky, open places in ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, or subalpine fir wooded areas.

Distribution Range:

Endemic to the upper portion of Navajo Mountain, San Juan County, Utah.

Elevation - Min:

2500.00m

Elevation - Max:

3160.00m

Other Notes:

The villous anthers, an unusual character among the Virgati penstemons, suggest a relationship with the P. strictus alliance. Penstemon navajoa may be an amphiploid derivative involving P. strictus in its ancestry.

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

August

References:

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