Penstemon plagapineus

Plant Information

Species:

plagapineus

Species Authority:

Straw

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Fasciculus

Subsection:

Fasciculi

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

suffrutescent

Lifespan:

long-lived

Habitat Description:

Occupies openings in the pine-fir-hardwood forest.

Distribution Range:

Distributed on the higher parts of the western slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental from Durango and Sinaloa south to Nayarit. Type locality: Metates, north of Cueva.

Elevation - Min:

2600.00m

Elevation - Max:

2900.00m

Other Notes:

It is probably visited regularly by hummingbirds, although none were seen during the short time it was observed it in rainy weather. It may be confused with P. apateticus ssp. durangensis, but is larger in general size, has larger flowers, and broader leaves, and is apparently more westerly in distribution. The habitat as described by Pennell is pineland, and the name, from the Latin, may be translated as "place of pines".

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

March

References:

Straw RM. 1959. Los Penstemon de Mexico. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de Mexico. 24:39-52.