Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon serrulatus |
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egg-leaf beardtongue, broad-leaved penstemon |
Cascade beardtongue, coast 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 | Perennial from a branching, woody base, the several stems 2-7 dm. tall, glabrous or puberulent, not at all glandular. |
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 opposite, glabrous, all cauline, the lower ones reduced and short-petiolate, the others sessile, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, sharply serrate, 3-8 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. 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 often a single, compact, terminal verticillaster, sometimes of several and more open; calyx 5-9 mm. long, the 5 segments with marginal hairs; corolla deep blue to dark purple, 17-25 mm. long, glabrous inside and out; anthers permanently horseshoe-shaped, 1.1-1.6 mm. long; pollen sacs dehiscent only on their confluent apices; fertile filaments glabrous; staminode with a long, yellowish beard on the upper half, the tip flattened. |
Fruits | Capsule 4-6 mm. long. |
Capsule 5-8 mm. long. |
Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon serrulatus |
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Flowering time | May-August | June-August |
Habitat | Open woods below 3000 feet in elevation. | Moist to wet meadows and forest openings, from low elevations to the subalpine. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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