Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon gairdneri |
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egg-leaf beardtongue, broad-leaved penstemon |
gairdner's penstemon |
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Habit | Robust perennial from a woody base, the clustered stems 3-10 dm. tall, with stiff, spreading hairs below the inflorescence | Plants from a branched, woody base, the several, erect stems 1-4 dm. tall, also with short, densely-leafy sterile stems which tend to form loose mats; herbage finely gray-puberulent, with a few stalked glands in the inflorescence. |
Leaves | Basal leaves opposite, clustered, petiolate, with ovate to sub-cordate blade up to 10 cm. long and half as wide, about equaling the petiole, serrate, hairy like the stem, especially along the mid-vein beneath; cauline leaves sessile and clasping, more sharply serrate, nearly as large, but more broadly oblong, the upper ovate. |
Leaves numerous, opposite to alternate, or irregularly scattered, entire, linear, seldom over 3 mm. wide. |
Flowers | Inflorescence large and open, strongly glandular-hairy; calyx 3-5 mm. long, broadly lanceolate, with parallel veins; corolla blue, 15-22 mm. long, glandular-hairy on the outside, the raised portion of the lower petal pale blue and hairy; corolla strongly bilabiate, the lower lip much the longer; pollen sacs 0.8-1.1 mm. long, fully dehiscent and becoming opposite, nearly glabrous; staminode bearded toward the recurved tip. |
Inflorescence of several few-flowered verticillasters; calyx 3.5-8 mm. long, the 5 segments broadly lanceolate, entire; corolla blue-purple or lavender, or occasionally bright rose-purple, 14-22 mm. long, somewhat glandular-hairy externally and internally near the mouth, the tube flared, the limb spreading; pollen sacs glabrous, ovate, 0.8-1.2 mm. long, becoming opposite; staminode bearded toward the tip. |
Fruits | Capsule 4-6 mm. long. |
Capsule 6-8 mm. long. |
Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon gairdneri |
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Flowering time | May-August | May-June |
Habitat | Open woods below 3000 feet in elevation. | Dry, open sagebrush desert and scablands, low to moderate elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.
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East of the Cascades in Washington; Washington south to Oregon, east to Idaho.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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