Penstemon dasyphyllus  Cochise Penstemon
PERENNIAL.  Spikes of large trumpet-shaped flowers have opposite, dark green, stiff, narrow, grasslike leaves.  Flowers bright purplish blue, washed with pink or violet, bloom April-May.  Rare in the Empires in loose clayey limestone gravel, with Dalea formosa.
FAMILY:  Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)