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Penstemon oliganthus
Apache beardtongue is a native wildflower of mountain meadows and forest clearings in Arizona and New Mexico, grown for its tubular flowers. It needs good drainage and cool, bright conditions, and it is most at home in cool, mountainous climates.
Penstemon oliganthus, the Apache penstemon or tubtop penstemon, is a species from Arizona and New Mexico in the Southwestern United States.
Apache penstemon is native to New Mexico and Arizona. In Arizona it is recorded on the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in Coconino, Apache, and Greenlee counties. In New Mexico it is more widespread, with populations growing in seven counties in the northwest to north-central parts of the state, in the Jemez Mountains and both the Cibola San Mateo Mountains and the Socorro San Mateo Mountains. It grows at elevations of 2,400 meters (7,900 ft) to as high as 3,500 meters (11,500 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon oliganthus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
