''Penstemon franklinii'', or Franklin's penstemon, is a plant species

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, known only from Cedar Valley in

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. It grows in

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and in sagebrush communities.USDA Plants Profile
/ref> ''Penstemon franklinii'' is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall. Leaves are up to 6.5 cm (2.6 inches) long, some toothed and some untoothed on the same individual. Flowers are blue to blue-purple with a yellow beard on the lower part of the zygomorphic corolla.Welsh, Stanley Larson, & Goodrich, Sherel. 1993. New taxa and new nomenclatural combinations in the Utah flora. Rhodora 95(883–884): 392-421.
/ref>photo of isotype of ''Penstemon franklinii'' at Missouri Botanical Garden
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16987732 franklinii Flora of Utah Flora without expected TNC conservation status