Burke: Penstemon pruinosus vs. Penstemon davidsonii

	Penstemon pruinosus	Penstemon davidsonii
	Chelan beardtongue	Davidson's penstemon
Habit	Plants tufted from a stout, branched, and woody base, the stems 1-4 dm. tall; inflorescence always glandular-hairy, the rest of the plant varying from glandular-hairy to glabrous.	Perennial, forming dense mats with creeping, woody stems, and with scattered, erect flowering stems 0.5-1 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves opposite, usually sharply serrate, sometimes most of them entire; basal leaves well-developed, up to 10 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, the blades elliptic to ovate, equaling the petiole; cauline leaves sessile, triangular-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, smaller than the basal leaves.	Mat leaves thick and firm, glabrous, entire or serrulate, short-petiolate, the blade 0.5-1.5 cm. long and 1 to 2.5 times as long as wide; cauline leaves few and small, often bract-like, less than 1 cm. long.
Flowers	Inflorescence of several compact verticillasters; calyx 3-6 mm. long, the 5 segments broadly lanceolate; corolla deep blue or lavender, 11-16 mm. long, the tube slightly expanded, 2.5-5 mm. wide at the mouth, the throat paler and marked with guide lines, glandular-hairy externally, the raised portion of the lower lip bearded; pollen sacs glabrous, dehiscent throughout and becoming opposite; staminode with a bearded tip.	Inflorescence a compact, few-flowered raceme, glandular-hairy; calyx glabrous, 7-10 mm. long, the 5 segments thin and broadly lanceolate; corolla blue-lavender to purple-violet, 2-3.5 cm. long, keeled along the back, glabrous outside, hairy near the base of the lower lip within; anthers long-woolly, the pollen sacs opening wide enough to form a plane; staminode (fertile stamen) slender, shorter than the 4 fertile filaments, long-bearded toward the tip.
Fruits	Capsule 5-7 mm. long, glabrous.	Capsule 8-10 mm. long

	Penstemon pruinosus	Penstemon davidsonii
Flowering time	May-July	June-August
Habitat	Open, rocky places from the valleys and plains to moderate elevations in the mountains, and in the scablands in Washington.	Open, rocky areas, from middle to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Nevada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. acuminatus, P. attenuatus, P. barrettiae, P. cardwellii, P. cinereus, P. confertus, P. davidsonii, P. deustus, P. ellipticus, P. eriantherus, P. euglaucus, P. fruticosus, P. gairdneri, P. glandulosus, P. hesperius, P. lyallii, P. ovatus, P. palmeri, P. pennellianus, P. procerus, P. richardsonii, P. rupicola, P. rydbergii, P. serrulatus, P. speciosus, P. subserratus, P. triphyllus, P. venustus, P. washingtonensis, P. wilcoxii	P. acuminatus, P. attenuatus, P. barrettiae, P. cardwellii, P. cinereus, P. confertus, P. deustus, P. ellipticus, P. eriantherus, P. euglaucus, P. fruticosus, P. gairdneri, P. glandulosus, P. hesperius, P. lyallii, P. ovatus, P. palmeri, P. pennellianus, P. procerus, P. pruinosus, P. richardsonii, P. rupicola, P. rydbergii, P. serrulatus, P. speciosus, P. subserratus, P. triphyllus, P. venustus, P. washingtonensis, P. wilcoxii
Subordinate taxa		P. davidsonii var. davidsonii, P. davidsonii var. menziesii
Web links	Local floras: BC, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Penstemon davidsonii

Chelan beardtongue

Davidson's penstemon

Habit

Plants tufted from a stout, branched, and woody base, the stems 1-4 dm. tall; inflorescence always glandular-hairy, the rest of the plant varying from glandular-hairy to glabrous.

Perennial, forming dense mats with creeping, woody stems, and with scattered, erect flowering stems 0.5-1 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves opposite, usually sharply serrate, sometimes most of them entire;

basal leaves well-developed, up to 10 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, the blades elliptic to ovate, equaling the petiole;

cauline leaves sessile, triangular-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, smaller than the basal leaves.

Mat leaves thick and firm, glabrous, entire or serrulate, short-petiolate, the blade 0.5-1.5 cm. long and 1 to 2.5 times as long as wide;

cauline leaves few and small, often bract-like, less than 1 cm. long.

Flowers

Inflorescence of several compact verticillasters;

calyx 3-6 mm. long, the 5 segments broadly lanceolate;

corolla deep blue or lavender, 11-16 mm. long, the tube slightly expanded, 2.5-5 mm. wide at the mouth, the throat paler and marked with guide lines, glandular-hairy externally, the raised portion of the lower lip bearded;

pollen sacs glabrous, dehiscent throughout and becoming opposite;

staminode with a bearded tip.

Inflorescence a compact, few-flowered raceme, glandular-hairy;

calyx glabrous, 7-10 mm. long, the 5 segments thin and broadly lanceolate;

corolla blue-lavender to purple-violet, 2-3.5 cm. long, keeled along the back, glabrous outside, hairy near the base of the lower lip within;

anthers long-woolly, the pollen sacs opening wide enough to form a plane;

staminode (fertile stamen) slender, shorter than the 4 fertile filaments, long-bearded toward the tip.

Fruits

Capsule 5-7 mm. long, glabrous.

Capsule 8-10 mm. long