Hot-rock Penstemon
Penstemon deustus
Hot-rock penstemon bears cream-white tubes with fine purple lines on dry, rocky western slopes, a drought-proof beardtongue for lean, gravelly soil.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~8 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
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