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Eaton's firecracker

Stems

retrorsely hairy.

Leaves

retrorsely hairy.

Flowers

stamens included or reaching orifice, longer pair rarely exserted.

2n

= 16.

Penstemon eatonii var. undosus

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, pine forests.
Elevation 800–2800 m. (2600–9200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

As in var. eatonii, var. undosus rarely has the longer pairs of stamens prominently exserted and the shorter pairs reaching the orifices.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 149.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Penstemon > subg. Penstemon > sect. Elmigera > Penstemon eatonii
Sibling taxa
P. eatonii var. eatonii, P. eatonii var. exsertus
Synonyms P. eatonii subsp. undosus
Name authority M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 715. (1895) — (as Pentstemon eatoni)
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