''Penstemon floridus '' is a species of flowering plant in the
plantain family
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
known by the common names Panamint beardtongue and rose penstemon.
It is native to the lower mountain and plateau areas of the
Mojave Desert, within eastern
California and southwestern
Nevada. It grows in canyons,
arroyos
Arroyo often refers to:
* Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
Arroyo may also refer to:
People
* Arroyo (surname)
Places United States
;California
* Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California
* Arroyo ...
, and sagebrush scrub.
Description
''Penstemon floridus'' is a
perennial herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
producing erect stems sometimes exceeding tall. The thick leaves are lance-shaped to oval, usually toothed and somewhat wavy, and arranged in pairs with bases clasping the
stem
Stem or STEM may refer to:
Plant structures
* Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang
* Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure
* Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...
.
The glandular
inflorescence produces showy flowers up to 3 centimeters long and tubular in shape with a wide throat becoming narrowed at the lipped mouth. The flowers are bright pink with a darker lining inside.
Varieties
There are two varieties of this species.
* ''Penstemon floridus'' var. ''austinii'' — Austin's beardtongue, named for Stafford Wallace Austin, collector of plants and husband of writer
Mary Hunter Austin.
* ''Penstemon floridus'' var. ''floridus'' — Panamint beardtongue.
CalFlora: ''Penstemon floridus'' var. ''floridus''
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See also
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References
External links
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment for ''Penstemon floridus''
CalPhotos.
WHO'S IN A NAME? ''People Commemorated in Eastern Sierra Plant Names''
floridus
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora of Nevada
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Death Valley National Park
Panamint Range
Endemic flora of the United States
Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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