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false turtlehead, woodland beard tongue, woodland penstemon

Stems

clustered, 22–120 cm.

Leaves

petiole 0–2(–5) mm;

blade ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, (18–)40–140 × (4–)15–40 mm, base cuneate to rounded, margins with (0 or)1–5(–7) teeth per cm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent-pubescent mostly along veins.

Pedicels

3–27 mm;

bracteoles lanceolate, 3–10 × 1–2 mm.

Flowers

calyx lobes (1–)3–13 × 1–3(–4) mm;

corolla tube (14–)17–23 × 8–11 mm, abaxial lip (3–)4–10 × 1–5 mm, adaxial keeled, shorter than abaxial, 2.4–5 mm;

adaxial filaments 12–20 mm;

staminode 7–15 mm, coarsely bearded for entire length, hairs tan to orange;

ovary glabrous, septum complete, locules equal, subtended by nectariferous disc;

style terete, 15–28 mm, glabrous.

Capsules

ovoid, 9–15 × 5–9 mm.

Seeds

2–4 × 0.5–1.1 mm, including wings.

Cymes

3–38 cm.

2n

= 30.

Nothochelone nemorosa

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Cliffs, rocky places, trails in moist, humid, conifer and mixed evergreen forests.
Elevation 0–2700(–3100) m. (0–8900(–10200) ft.)
Distribution
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion

Nothochelone nemorosa has sometimes been included in Chelone or Penstemon; studies of anatomy (R. M. Straw 1966; A. D. Nelson 1995) and molecular variation (A. D. Wolfe et al. 1997, 2002) support its separation in a monospecific genus.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 81.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Nothochelone
Synonyms Chelone nemorosa, Penstemon nemorosus
Name authority (Douglas) Straw: Brittonia 18: 85. (1966)
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