Description: Matted, semi-woody perennial, 5 - 15 cm (2 - 5.9 in.) tall. Stems spreading. Leaves elliptic, narrowing towards petiole, entire, ash-colored, with appressed hair, to 1.2 cm (0.5 in.) long. Inflorescence a raceme, leafy and glandular. Flower sepals 5, fused; petals dark blue to blue-violet, 1.2 - 1.4 cm (to 0.5 in.) long, glandular outside. Fruit a many-seeded capsule. Time of flowering: June to July.
Habitat: Mixed conifer forest and pinyon-juniper woodland communities. Gravelly limestone soils, banks and hillsides. Elevations: 1,920 - 2,830 m (6,300 - 9,300 ft).
Range: Endemic to Clark County, Nevada. Known to occur in the Spring Mountains: Mount Potosi, Deer and Trout creeks, and in Kyle, Lovell, Carpenter, and Lee canyons. Also known from the Sheep Range in Deadman Canyon.
Comments: Distinguishable from other Penstemon species by its blue-violet colored flowers, ash-colored leaves, and by the glandular pubescence.