Penstemon parryi |
Penstemon fruticosus |
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bush penstemon, shrubby penstemon |
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Habit | Bushy-branched, ascending or erect shrubs, the stems 1.5-4 dm. tall, glabrous except for the stalked glands in the inflorescence. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, the larger leaves crowded toward the base of the season\\\\'s growth on short, sterile shoots, the blades entire or toothed, up to 6 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide, short-petiolate; flowering shoots with reduced and less-crowded leaves. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence a short, few-flowered, bracteate raceme, with simple, axillary pedicels; calyx 7-15 mm. long, with 5 lanceolate, long-acuminate segments; corolla blue-lavender to light purplish, 30-50 mm. long, 1 cm. wide at the mouth, keeled on the back, glabrous outside, with long, white hairs on the base of the lower lip within; anthers long-woolly, the pollen sacs wholly dehiscent and opening wide enough to form a plane; staminode slender, shorter than the 4 fertile filaments, long-bearded toward the tip. |
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Fruits | Capsules 8-12 mm. long. |
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Penstemon parryi |
Penstemon fruticosus |
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Flowering time | May-August | |
Habitat | Common in rocky, open or wooded areas, foothills to rather high elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Alberta, Montana and Wyoming.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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