Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon triphyllus |
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egg-leaf beardtongue, broad-leaved penstemon |
whorled beardtongue |
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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 | Taprooted perennial, shrubby at the base, the numerous, slender and brittle stems 2.5-8 dm. tall, puberulent. |
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 irregularly arranged, many ternate or whorled, others opposite or single, glabrous or puberulent, all cauline, the lowermost reduced, the others numerous, sessile from a narrow base, linear or narrowly lance-elliptic, up to 5 cm. long and 1 cm. wide, irregularly and sharply toothed. |
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 a loose panicle, often leafy-bracteate below; calyx 4-6 mm. long, the 5 segments green or purplish, entire, often unequal; corolla blue-lavender to light purple-violet, 13-19 mm. long, weakly bilabiate, glandular-hairy outside and glabrous within, the upper lip cleft more than half its length; anthers 0.9-1.3 mm. long, permanently horseshoe-shaped, the pollen sacs saccate and indehiscent below; staminode exerted, long-bearded half its length. |
Fruits | Capsule 4-6 mm. long. |
Capsule 4-6 mm. long |
Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon triphyllus |
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Flowering time | May-August | May-July |
Habitat | Open woods below 3000 feet in elevation. | Cliff crevices and dry, rocky banks and slopes at low elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in the southeastern area of Washington; Southeast Washington south to adjacent Oregon and east to adjacent Idaho.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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