Penstemon perfoliatus
Species:
perfoliatus
Subgenus:
Penstemon
Section:
Fasciculus
Subsection:
Perfoliati
Habit:
robust herb
Habit Woodiness:
suffrutescent
Lifespan:
long-lived
Plant Height - Min:
10.00dm
Plant Height - Max:
11.00dm
Habitat Description:
In zones with pine-oak forest and oak forest.
Distribution Range:
Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is restricted to the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Elevation - Min:
3000.00m
Elevation - Max:
3200.00m
Other Notes:
Two sheets of a collection from the type locality, indicate in their pubescence, serrate leaves, leaf length-width ratios, and other characteristics, that they are probably hybrid derivatives or introgressants from the cross P. gentianoides X perfoliatus
First Bloom:
June
Last Bloom:
September
References:
Straw RM. 1963. The penstemons of Mexico III. Two subsections in the section Fasciculus. Brittonia. 15:49-64.