CHELAN PENSTEMON

Class: Penstemon pruinosus

Family: FIGWORT FAMILY

Sub Family: Scrophulariaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Deep blue to purplish

Height: 10-40 cm (4-16")

Each Flower: Tubular, 1.3 cm (1/2") across; tube opens into 2 lips, upper lip 2-lobed lower lip 3-lobed; 4 stamens; calyx with 5 narrow, pointed, hairy lobes

Leaves: Basal leaves with stalks often longer than blade, up to 10 cm (4") long and 5 cm (2") broad, shallowly but sharply toothed; stem leaves opposite, stalkless, narrow lance-shaped shallowly toothed, reducing in size up the stem

Stems: Several smooth, woody stems from one root stock

Blooming Period: May - to beginning of July

Habitat: Open, dry, and often rocky terrain up to middle elevations. Location: More southerly part of the Dry Interior

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