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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or perennial Similar Species: Penstemon ophianthus
General Desc:
Erect, or slightly upward-curving; appears to have fuzzy halo surrounding its stem and floral parts with floral tube, calyx, and stem covered in minute ball-tipped, sticky, glandular, orangish-yellow hairs; flowering stems often bend and sprawl outward.
Identification notes: Stems, leaves, sepals, petals covered in glandular hairs; leaves to 3 inches long; flowers on multiple stems, purplish-pink to light purple, opening has reddish-purple nectar guides on white background, woolly hairs; sterile stamen can exceed petals.
Height:
To about 1 foot tall
Habitat Description: Sandy, gravelly, or clay soils in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and desert grasslands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4800 - 6000 feet
Color:
Purplish-pink to light purple
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
May - Jun
Description:
Purplish-pink to light purple flowers abundant on multiple stems; calyx lobes narrow, glandular-hairy; corolla 3/4 inch long, 1/4 inch wide, opening as high or higher than wide; staminode (sterile stamen) 1/4 inch long, reaching opening or beyond.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves mostly basal and opposite, narrow, elliptic, or spatula-like, up to 3 inches long, smooth or rarely few toothed; basal leaves stalked, stem leaves without stalk.
Fruit Color: Purple
Fruit Type: Capsule
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