Palmer's beardtongue, Palmer's penstemon, scented beardtongue, scented penstemon
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lax beardtongue, tuft penstemon
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Herbs. |
Herbs. |
ascending to erect, 43–140 cm, glaucous. |
ascending to erect, 30–70 cm, ± retrorsely hairy, not glaucous. |
basal and proximal cauline (28–)52–120(–145) × (5–)25–50(–60) mm, blade ovate, base tapered, margins coarsely dentate, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 5–8 pairs, sessile or connate-perfoliate, 25–130 × 7–45 mm, blade ovate to triangular, base of distals auriculate-clasping or connate-perfoliate, margins coarsely dentate, distals sometimes entire, apex acute. |
essentially cauline, basal leaves absent or poorly developed, not leathery, glabrous, sometimes ± puberulent; cauline 4–8(–10) pairs, sessile, 30–90 × 4–17 mm, blade lanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex acute. |
interrupted, rarely continuous, secund, 7–63 cm, axis glabrous or glandular-pubescent, verticillasters (4–)7–17, cymes (1 or)2–5-flowered; proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, 8–40 × 4–38 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. |
continuous or interrupted, cylindric, (1–)2–15 cm, axis ± retrorsely hairy, verticillasters 1–5, cymes (2–)6–13-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate to linear, 8–38 × 1–8 mm, margins entire; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous or retrorsely hairy. |
calyx lobes ovate, (3.4–)4.2–6(–7.5) × 1.9–3.6 mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent; corolla pale pink to white or pinkish lavender, with reddish purple nectar guides, strongly bilabiate, ventricose-ampliate, 25–38 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glandular-pubescent internally, sometimes also sparsely white-lanate abaxially, tube 4–8 mm, length 1–1.4 times calyx lobes, throat abruptly inflated, constricted at orifice, 12–21 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice, filaments of shorter pair glandular-puberulent proximally, pollen sacs navicular, 1.6–2.4 mm, sutures smooth; staminode 25–30 mm, exserted, 0.9–1.1 mm diam., tip strongly recurved to coiled, distal 8–10 mm, and especially tip, moderately to densely lanate, hairs yellow, to 3.5 mm, proximal 6–8 mm glandular-puberulent; style 19–23 mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent proximally. |
calyx lobes broadly ovate to obovate or elliptic, 1.7–3 × 0.9–2 mm, apex obtuse to acute or slightly cuspidate, glabrous; corolla violet to blue or purple, with faint reddish purple nectar guides, funnelform, 12–15 mm, glabrous externally, densely yellow-villous internally abaxially, tube 3–4 mm, throat gradually inflated, 3–4 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included or longer pair slightly exserted, pollen sacs opposite, explanate, 0.4–0.8 mm, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures smooth; staminode 6–8 mm, included, 0.2–0.3 mm diam., tip straight to slightly recurved, distal 2–3 mm sparsely to densely villous, hairs yellow, to 0.7 mm; style 7–9 mm. |
11–16 × 6–8 mm, sparsely glandular-pubescent distally. |
4.5–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowering Jun–Jul. |
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Dry meadows, sagebrush shrublands. |
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1700–2400 m. (5600–7900 ft.) |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WA; WY
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Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Penstemon ×bryantiae D. D. Keck, a hybrid between P. palmeri and P. spectabilis, was described based on plants that volunteered in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in 1935 (D. D. Keck 1937b). Penstemon ×mirus A. Nelson, a putative hybrid between P. eatonii and P. palmeri, has been reported from Arizona (A. Nelson 1938). A poultice prepared from Penstemon palmeri is applied to snakebites by the Kayenta Navajo of northeastern Arizona (D. E. Moerman 1998). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Penstemon laxus is known from south-central Idaho; populations are known in Blaine, Boise, and Elmore counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
1. Corolla tubes 7–8 mm; distal cauline leaves sessile, sometimes connate-perfoliate. | var. macranthus |
1. Corolla tubes 4–6 mm; distal cauline leaves connate-perfoliate. | → 2 |
2. Peduncles, pedicels, and calyx lobes glandular-pubescent; pollen sacs 1.8–2.4 mm. | var. palmeri |
2. Peduncles, pedicels, and calyx lobes glabrous; pollen sacs 1.6–2(–2.2) mm. | var. eglandulosus |
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FNA vol. 17, p. 252. |
FNA vol. 17, p. 211. |
Plantaginaceae > Penstemon > subg. Penstemon > sect. Spectabiles |
Plantaginaceae > Penstemon > subg. Penstemon > sect. Penstemon |
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P. watsonii subsp. laxus |
A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 379. (1868) — (as Pentstemon) |
A. Nelson: Bot. Gaz. 54: 147. (1912) — (as Pentstemon) |
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