Penstemon caesius
Purple mountain bugler and San Bernardino Beardtongue.
Purple mountain bugler grows in rocky mountain areas of Southern
California. In red fir and yellow pine forest openings at 6700 to
11,200 feet.
The soil has a great deal of limestone in it but looks like sandy loam and supports a forest of Abies concolor, White fir, Jeffery Pine and Ponderosa Pines. Ribes cereum, Wax Currant, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii, Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf manzanita, and Prunus emarginata, Bitter Cherry are the common bushes.
The soil has a great deal of limestone in it but looks like sandy loam and supports a forest of Abies concolor, White fir, Jeffery Pine and Ponderosa Pines. Ribes cereum, Wax Currant, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii, Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf manzanita, and Prunus emarginata, Bitter Cherry are the common bushes.
Foliage of Penstemon caesius has color gray and is evergreen.
Flower of Penstemon caesius has color blue.
Communities for Penstemon caesius:Alpine Fell-Fields, Red Fir Forest and Yellow Pine Forest.
| ph: | 5.00 to 6.50 |
|---|---|
| usda: | 4 to 6 |
| height[m]: | 0.20 to 0.50 |
| width[m]: | 0.30 to 0.60 |
| rainfall[cm]: | 70.00 to 150.00 |
