Penstemon heterophyllus - Foothill penstemon

Foothill penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus) is a long-lived perennial of dry coast-range hills in California, bearing hundreds of violet, inch-long flowers on three-foot spikes. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and 0.5-1.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.5-1.5

Footnotes

1. Penstemon heterophyllus, Foothill Penstemon | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩