Mountain Pride, Penstemon newberryi

About Mountain Pride (Penstemon newberryi) 15 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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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.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Perennial herb

Size

0.39 - 1 ft tall
8 - 38 ft wide

Form

Mounding, Spreading

Growth Rate

Slow

Flower Color

Red, Pink

Flowering Season

Spring

Wildlife Supported

Hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators
Bird gardens

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed

, 12 likely * ) SHOW ALL

Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedonaEuphydryas chalcedona

Common Buckeye Junonia coeniaJunonia coenia

Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas edithaEuphydryas editha

Arachne Checkerspot Poladryas arachnePoladryas arachne

Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas aniciaEuphydryas anicia

Snowberry Checkerspot Euphydryas colonEuphydryas colon

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information

Sun

Part Shade

Moisture

Very Low

Summer Irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Nurseries

Carried by 15

Ease of Care

Moderately Easy

Cold Tolerance

Tolerates cold to 0 - 10° F

Soil Drainage

Fast

Soil Description

Rocky soils or rock ledges. Soil PH: 5 - 7

Common uses

Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Companion Plants

Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum),Common Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum), Antelope Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), Pinemat Manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis), Wright's Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii var subscaposum)

Propagation?

For propagating by seed: 2 mos. stratification (Everett 1950).

Natural Setting

Site Type

Rocky outcrops, talus

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 6.9" - 158.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.25" - 5.91", Coldest Month: 9.5" - 55.6", Hottest Month: 32.9" - 75.0", Humidity: 0.39" - 25.03", Elevation: 73" - 14113"

Alternative Names

Common Names: Mountainpride Penstemon

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

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