Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon wilcoxii |
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egg-leaf beardtongue, broad-leaved penstemon |
Wilcox's 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 | Perennial from a branched, woody base, the clustered stems 3-10 dm. tall, usually glabrous except for 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 opposite, strongly serrate with slender teeth, the basal leaves well-developed, elliptic to deltoid-ovate, the blade up to 9 cm. long and 5 cm. wide, about equal to the petiole; cauline leaves often larger than the basal, sessile, 4-10 cm. long and 1.5-4 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 of several large, loose verticillasters; calyx 2.5-5 mm. long, the 5 segments broadly lanceolate, narrowly scarious-margined; corolla blue, the paler throat with guide lines, 15-23 mm. long, the tube 4-8 mm. wide at the mouth, glandular-hairy on the outside, strongly bilabiate, the lower lip much longer than the upper, the raised portion bearded; pollen sacs 0.7-1.0 mm. long, wholly dehiscent, becoming opposite, glabrous; staminode with a recurved, bearded tip. |
Fruits | Capsule 4-6 mm. long. |
Capsule 4-6 mm. long. |
Penstemon ovatus |
Penstemon wilcoxii |
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Flowering time | May-August | May-July |
Habitat | Open woods below 3000 feet in elevation. | Open or often wooded, sometimes in rocky places, from the foothills 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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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in eastern Washington; Washington to Oregon, east to Montana.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
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