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Whipple's Penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus
40.3559, -105.718
Field Notes
Description:
"Deep wine-lavender to black-purple bilaterally symmetrical flowers bloom in several clusters in the upper half of leafy stems. This common mountain Penstemon can ordinarily be recognized by its plump, dark purple, glandular-hairy corollas. However, phases with dingy yellow or white corollas blushed with brown, purple, or blue are frequent."
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Habitat:
In meadows or on wooded slopes, moist areas.
Notes:
Found on Old Fall River Road. Another common name is dusky penstemon.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 1, 2014
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