Penstemon sudans

Plant Information

Species:

sudans

Species Authority:

M.E. Jones

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Penstemon

Subsection:

Deustus

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

suffrutescent

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

3.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

7.00dm

Habitat Description:

Open rocky places, usually of igneous origin, in sagebrush and open woodlands.

Distribution Range:

Endemic to the vicinity of Susanville, Lassen County, California, east to adjacent Washoe County, Nevada. Arid Transition Zone.

Soil Type:

Common in volcanic soils in Lassen County, California.

Elevation - Min:

1200.00m

Elevation - Max:

1700.00m

Other Notes:

Penstemon sudans is closely related to P. deustus. The two were considered conspecific by Keck (1940). Keck felt that some of the Oregon Coast Range collections of P. deustus approach P. sudans in glandulosity, but these collections do not have the stout stems and densely flowered cymes characteristic of P. sudans.

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

July

References:

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