Penstemon tiehmii

Plant Information

Species:

tiehmii

Species Authority:

N.H. Holmgren

Subgenus:

Saccanthera

Section:

Saccanthera

Subsection:

Heterophylli

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

1.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

2.00dm

Habitat Description:

Steep slopes, usually on talus.

Distribution Range:

Endemic to Mount Lewis of the Shoshone Range, Lander County, Nevada.

Elevation - Min:

2200.00m

Elevation - Max:

2900.00m

Other Notes:

The epithet for this species honors its discoverer, Arnold (Jerry) Tiehm. Jerry has been collecting in Nevada since the mid-1970s. From 1983 to 1988 he worked at the New York Botanical Garden as a curatorial assistant. During that time his summer support came from the Intermountain Flora NSF grant to collect in the Great Basin. As a measure of the value of his collections, this protologue brings his total of type collections to 19. These and his many general collections have been invaluable to the Intermountain Flora research, and his knowledge of the Great Basin flora has served reviewer of manuscripts well. His most recent published contribution is his very useful treatise Nevada Vascular Plant Types and Their Collectors (Tiehm, 1996).

First Bloom:

June

Last Bloom:

August

Chromosome Number:

2n = 16

References:

Holmgren NH. 1998. Two new species of penstemon (Scrophulariaceae: sect. Saccanthera) from Nevada, U.S.A. Brittonia. 50(2):159-164.