Penstemon pachyphyllus var. congestus

Plant Information

Species:

pachyphyllus

Species Authority:

A. Gray ex Rydb.

Variety:

congestus

Variety Authority:

(M.E. Jones) N.H. Holmgren

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Coerulei

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

short-lived

Plant Height - Min:

3.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

6.50dm

Habitat Description:

In sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, Gambel oak, ponderosa pine, and sometimes bristlecone pine communities.

Distribution Range:

West Tavaputs, Utah, and Grand Canyon plateaus from the south Uinta Basin of Duchesne County, Utah south to north Arizona and in the Calcareous Mountains Section of west Utah (Wah Wah Mts.) and east-central Nevada (White Pine, Egan, Schell Creek, and Snake ranges).

Soil Type:

Dry, gravelly or sometimes sandy soils.

Elevation - Min:

1500.00m

Elevation - Max:

2600.00m

Other Notes:

Two varieties of P. pachyphyllus can be distinguished by certain characters. The name P. osterhoutii Pennell was used or some plants of P. pachyphyllus from the eastern Uinta Basin (Graham, E.H. Ann. carnegie Mus. 26: 333. 1937), but P. osterhoutii is a distinct species from just east of the Basin in Garfield, Eagle, and Routt cos., Colorado.

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.