Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Common Name(s):
Tube penstemon
Flowering Time:
June - July
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Capsules turn brown and start to split
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
August - September
Seed Cleaning:
None needed
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
High by transplant
Notes
Stems arise from a single perennial crown (where the above ground structures meet the roots) (Runkel and Bull 2009).
The small seeds are abundant, but long distance dispersal is limited. Seeds are easy to propagate, and 29 of 30 large transplants survived the first growing season 25 of 29 of these flowered in the second growing season. The equivalent numbers for smaller transplants 30 of 30 for first year survival and 6 of 30 flowering. Self-sows readily (Mabry 2011).
