Penstemon procumbens

Plant Information

Species:

procumbens

Species Authority:

Greene

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Ericopsis

Subsection:

Caespitosi

Habit:

subshrub

Habit Woodiness:

suffrutescent

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

0.80dm

Plant Height - Max:

1.50dm

Habitat Description:

Forming large mats on open slopes at Keblar Pass.

Distribution Range:

Northwestern Gunnison County, Colorado and Keblar Pass.

Elevation - Min:

3000.00m

Elevation - Max:

3100.00m

Other Notes:

In recent years this material has been called P. suffrutescens Rydb. This name must go into synonymy under P. caespitosus subsp. suffruticosus (Gray) Keck as shown, but the specimen cited by Rydberg, which was a basis of his conception of P. suffrutescens, is now cited at P. Crandallii subsp. typicus.

First Bloom:

Late May

Last Bloom:

July

Chromosome Number:

2n = 16

References:

Harrington, HD. 1964. Manual of the plants of Colorado. Denver, Colorado: Sage Books.