Beaked Penstemon
Penstemon rostriflorus
Beaked penstemon blooms long into summer with slender orange-red tubes on a bushy plant, a hummingbird favorite for dry Southwestern mountain gardens.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~8 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT
Related native plants
More Penstemon species
- Large Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
- Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
- Cobaea Beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea)
- Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius)
- Palmer's Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri)
- Beardlip Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus)