Carried by 5 nurseries
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Penstemon newberryi is a species of penstemon known by the common name mountain pride. It is native to the mountains of northern California, Oregon, and Nevada, where it grows in rocky habitat, often at high elevation, such as talus. It is a bushy, mat-forming subshrub growing up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are mostly basal on the plant, oblong or oval and toothed, measuring 1 to 4 centimeters in length, with a few smaller pairs along the stem. The hairy flower cluster bears showy magenta flowers 2 to over 3 centimeters in length. The flower is generally tubular or funnel-shaped and has a coating of short to long and curly hairs in the mouth and on the staminode.
Perennial herb
5 - 12 in Tall
8 - 38 ft Wide
Mounding, Spreading
Slow
Red, Pink
Spring
Containers, Deer resistant
Partial Shade
Very Low
Max 1x / month once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to 0 - 10° F
Fast
Rocky soils or rock ledges.
Soil PH: 5 - 7
For propagating by seed: 2 mos. stratification (Everett 1950).
Rocky outcrops, talus
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum),Common Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum), Antelope Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), Pinemat Manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis), Wright's Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii var subscaposum)
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 11 likely
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Anicia Checkerspot
Euphydryas anicia
Snowberry Checkerspot
Euphydryas colon