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Thurber's beardtongue, Thurber's penstemon
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Subshrubs. |
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glabrous, glabrate, or scabrous proximally, not glaucous. |
20–40 cm, glabrous or glabrate. |
cauline, opposite, not leathery, glabrous or scabrous, not glaucous; cauline sessile, blade linear, margins entire. |
10–20 pairs, 5–32 × 0.3–2 mm, blade base tapered, margins glabrous or scabrous, apex acuminate to mucronate. |
interrupted, cylindric to conic, axis glabrous or scabrous, cymes 2 per node; peduncles and pedicels spreading or ascending. |
2–15(–23) cm, verticillasters (2–)5–10(–30), cymes 1- or 2-flowered; proximal bracts linear, 3–22 × 0.2–1 mm; peduncles and pedicels glabrous or scabrous. |
calyx lobes: margins entire or erose, broadly scarious, glabrous; corolla pink or lavender to violet, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate, not personate, salverform or funnelform, glabrous externally, glandular-pubescent internally abaxially, throat slightly inflated, not constricted at orifice, rounded abaxially; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice or barely exserted, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs divergent, explanate, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures smooth; staminode included, terete or slightly flattened distally, 0.1 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous; style glabrous. |
calyx lobes ovate, 1–2.7 × 0.9–1.5 mm; corolla lavender to violet, lined internally abaxially with reddish purple nectar guides, funnelform, 8–14 mm, glandular-pubescent internally in 2 lines on abaxial surface, sometimes also in sinuses of adaxial lobes, tube (1.5–)2–3 mm, throat 3–5 mm diam.; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice or barely exserted, pollen sacs 0.4–0.5 mm; staminode 5–6 mm; style 7–9 mm. |
glabrous. |
(4–)5–8 × 3–4 mm. |
dark brown to reddish brown, angled, 1–2.8 mm. |
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Flowering Apr–Aug(–Sep). |
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Sandy or rocky slopes, chaparral, creosote shrublands, pine-juniper woodlands. |
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500–1200(–2100) m. (1600–3900(–6900) ft.) |
w United States; n Mexico |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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Species 2 (2 in the flora). Section Ambigui includes two subshrubby species of the southwestern and south-central United States and northern Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plants of Penstemon thurberi from northern Clark County, Nevada, with corollas 8–9 mm and capsules 4–5 mm have been treated as var. anestius. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
1. Corollas salverform, (14–)16–22(–28) mm. | P. ambiguus |
1. Corollas funnelform, 8–14 mm. | P. thurberi |
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FNA vol. 17, p. 94. |
FNA vol. 17, p. 95. |
Plantaginaceae > Penstemon > subg. Penstemon |
Plantaginaceae > Penstemon > subg. Penstemon > sect. Ambigui |
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P. abietinus, P. absarokensis, P. acaulis, P. acuminatus, P. alamosensis, P. albertinus, P. albidus, P. albomarginatus, P. ambiguus, P. ammophilus, P. anguineus, P. angustifolius, P. arenarius, P. arenicola, P. aridus, P. arkansanus, P. attenuatus, P. atwoodii, P. auriberbis, P. australis, P. azureus, P. baccharifolius, P. barbatus, P. barnebyi, P. barrettiae, P. bicolor, P. bleaklyi, P. bracteatus, P. breviculus, P. brevisepalus, P. buckleyi, P. caesius, P. caespitosus, P. calcareus, P. californicus, P. calycosus, P. canescens, P. cardinalis, P. cardwellii, P. carnosus, P. caryi, P. centranthifolius, P. cinicola, P. clevelandii, P. clutei, P. cobaea, P. comarrhenus, P. compactus, P. concinnus, P. confertus, P. confusus, P. crandallii, P. cusickii, P. cyananthus, P. cyaneus, P. cyanocaulis, P. cyathophorus, P. dasyphyllus, P. davidsonii, P. deamii, P. deaveri, P. debilis, P. degeneri, P. deustus, P. digitalis, P. diphyllus, P. discolor, P. dissectus, P. distans, P. dolius, P. duchesnensis, P. eatonii, P. elegantulus, P. ellipticus, P. eriantherus, P. euglaucus, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. flavescens, P. floribundus, P. floridus, P. flowersii, P. franklinii, P. fremontii, P. fruticiformis, P. fruticosus, P. gairdneri, P. gibbensii, P. glaber, P. glandulosus, P. glaucinus, P. globosus, P. goodrichii, P. gormanii, P. gracilentus, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. grandiflorus, P. griffinii, P. grinnellii, P. guadalupensis, P. hallii, P. harbourii, P. harringtonii, P. havardii, P. haydenii, P. heterodoxus, P. heterophyllus, P. hirsutus, P. humilis, P. idahoensis, P. immanifestus, P. incertus, P. inflatus, P. jamesii, P. janishiae, P. kingii, P. kralii, P. labrosus, P. laetus, P. laevigatus, P. laevis, P. lanceolatus, P. laricifolius, P. laxiflorus, P. laxus, P. leiophyllus, P. lemhiensis, P. lentus, P. leonardii, P. linarioides, P. longiflorus, P. lyallii, P. marcusii, P. mensarum, P. metcalfei, P. miser, P. moffatii, P. monoensis, P. montanus, P. moriahensis, P. mucronatus, P. multiflorus, P. murrayanus, P. nanus, P. navajoa, P. neomexicanus, P. neotericus, P. newberryi, P. nitidus, P. nudiflorus, P. oklahomensis, P. oliganthus, P. ophianthus, P. osterhoutii, P. ovatus, P. pachyphyllus, P. pahutensis, P. pallidus, P. palmeri, P. papillatus, P. parryi, P. parvulus, P. parvus, P. patens, P. payettensis, P. paysoniorum, P. peckii, P. penlandii, P. pennellianus, P. perpulcher, P. personatus, P. petiolatus, P. pinifolius, P. pinorum, P. platyphyllus, P. pratensis, P. procerus, P. pruinosus, P. pseudoputus, P. pseudospectabilis, P. pudicus, P. pumilus, P. purpusii, P. putus, P. radicosus, P. rattanii, P. retrorsus, P. rhizomatosus, P. richardsonii, P. roezlii, P. rostriflorus, P. rubicundus, P. rupicola, P. rydbergii, P. saxosorum, P. scapoides, P. scariosus, P. secundiflorus, P. seorsus, P. sepalulus, P. serrulatus, P. smallii, P. spatulatus, P. speciosus, P. spectabilis, P. stenophyllus, P. stephensii, P. strictiformis, P. strictus, P. subglaber, P. subserratus, P. subulatus, P. sudans, P. superbus, P. tenuiflorus, P. tenuis, P. teucrioides, P. thompsoniae, P. tidestromii, P. tiehmii, P. tracyi, P. triflorus, P. triphyllus, P. tubaeflorus, P. uintahensis, P. utahensis, P. venustus, P. virens, P. virgatus, P. wardii, P. washingtonensis, P. watsonii, P. whippleanus, P. wilcoxii, P. wrightii, P. xylus, P. yampaënsis |
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P. thurberi var. anestius |
(Rydberg) Pennell: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 326, 333. (1920) |
Torrey: Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot., 15. (1856) — (as Pentstemon) |
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