Penstemon cardwellii |
Penstemon barrettiae |
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Cardwell's beardtongue |
Barrett's beardtongue |
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Habit | Low shrub, the stems 1-3 dm. tall, ascending or erect. | Perennial, the lower part shrubby and branched, the stems 2-4 dm. tall; herbage and inflorescence glabrous and glaucous. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, glabrous, the largest on short, sterile shoots, serrulate or nearly entire, short-petiolate, the blades elliptic, 1.5-3.5 cm. long and 6-14 mm. wide; leaves of the flowering shoots less crowded, smaller, sessile and entire. |
Leaves opposite, firm, irregularly serrulate or entire, the larger ones, up to 8 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, on sterile shoots borne toward the base of the main stem; cauline leaves broad, sessile, and clasping, 1.5-3.5 cm. long and 0.8-2 cm. wide |
Flowers | Inflorescence racemose, few-flowered and crowded, glandular, the simple pedicels opposite and axillary; calyx 5-12 mm. long, the 5 segments thin and lanceolate; corolla bright purple to deep blue-violet, 30-38 mm. long, about 1 cm. wide at the mouth, keeled on the back, glabrous outside and with long, white hairs near the base of the lower lip within; anthers long-wooly, pollen sacs opposite; staminode slender, shorter than the 4 fertile filaments, long-bearded toward the tip |
Inflorescence essentially a raceme, the axillary peduncles simple and single-flowered or sometimes branched and 2-flowered; calyx 5-7 mm. long, the 5 segments thin, ovate; corolla bilabiate, lilac or rose-purple, 33-38 mm. long, 1 cm. wide at the mouth, glabrous outside, long-hairy near the base of the lower lip within; anthers densely long-woolly, pollen sacs wholly dehiscent, becoming opposite |
Fruits | Capsule |
Capsule narrow, up to 1 cm. long. |
Penstemon cardwellii |
Penstemon barrettiae |
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Flowering time | May-July | April-May |
Habitat | Open or wooded summits or slopes at middle elevations in the mountains. | Woodland openings and rocky slopes at low elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern Washington to southwestern Oregon.
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Occurring in the east end of the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
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