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Palmer's Penstemon

Penstemon palmeri

Photo by FianaShapiro
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful pinkish-purple flowers.

Habitat:

southwestern Utah desert, on a roadside

Species ID Suggestions

Palmer's penstemon

Penstemon palmeri

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DerrickLK
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Comments (6)
DerrickLK
An easy way to identify penstemons is to look for a staminode (that fuzzy thing coming out of the middle of the flower). It's a sterile stamen and a distinctive feature of the Penstemon genus. Another common name is beardtongue because of this.
FianaShapiro
Thanks! Interesting, I don't remember the penstemon I saw in Colorado looking like this.
craigwilliams
Great! Thanks dw33zy, I'm very happy to know what this is!
DerrickLK
Definitely a penstemon. I just uploaded a spotting of Palmer's penstemon on my page. Check it out if you want and compare. I found it growing on a roadside bank in a large cluster.
craigwilliams
This is spectacular! My best guess would be some kind of Mimulus or closely related but I can't find a species to match at the moment.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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