Penstemon parryi |
Penstemon pennellianus |
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Blue Mountains beardtongue, Pennell's beardtongue |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from a branched crown, with several stout stems 2-6 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, entire, the basal ones clustered, up to 27 cm. long and 4 cm. wide, petiolate, the blade lanceolate or narrowly elliptic; cauline leaves mostly sessile, broad and clasping. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence of several verticillasters; calyx 5-cleft nearly to the base, 6-9 mm. long, the segments narrow and acuminate; corolla bilabiate, bright blue, 25-33 mm. long, about 1 cm. wide at the mouth, glabrous; pollen sacs 1.9-2.5 mm. long, divaricate, twisted, dentate along the sutures, the inner end indehiscent; fertile stamens 4; sterile stamen short-bearded toward the tip. |
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Fruits | Capsule 9-12 mm. long. |
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Penstemon parryi |
Penstemon pennellianus |
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Flowering time | May-June | |
Habitat | Open, gravelly and sandy slopes and ridges, sometimes associated with ponderosa pine forest openings, at middle elevations. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to the Blue Mountains in adjacent northeastern Oregon.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) | |
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