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|accepted_name=Penstemon whippleanus
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=6: 73. 1862
|year=1862
|other_info_on_pub=(as Pentstemon)
}}
|common_names=Whipple’s beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
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|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Penstemon;Penstemon whippleanus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Penstemon subg. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Penstemon sect. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon whippleanus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 187, 212
|treatment_page=page 227
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs.</b> Stems ascending to erect, (8–)20–65(–100) cm, glabrous or ± puberulent proximally, ± puberulent or glandular-pubescent distally, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, not leathery, glabrous; basal and proximal cauline 40–90(–130) × (5–)10–30(–75) mm, blade ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, base tapered to cuneate, margins entire or ± repand, denticulate, or dentate, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 2–5 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 25–60(–85) × 3–15(–25) mm, blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, base tapered to clasping or cordate-clasping, margins entire, sometimes ± repand to denticulate, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted or continuous, secund, (2–)5–35 cm, axis sparsely to densely glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 2–5(–7), cymes 2–4-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, 11–85 × 1–18 mm, margins entire or ± repand proximally; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes lanceolate, 7–10 × 1–2.2 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla brownish purple to bluish violet, sometimes ochroleucous, lavender, or white, with alternating white or lavender and purple nectar guides in dark-colored forms, with lavender nectar guides in light-colored forms, ventricose to ventricose-ampliate, 20–27(–30) mm, glandular-pubescent externally, sparsely white-villous internally abaxially, tube 5–8 mm, throat abruptly inflated, 8–10 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice, pollen sacs opposite, explanate, 1–1.4 mm, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures smooth; staminode 12–15 mm, reaching orifice or exserted, 0.6–1.1 mm diam., tip straight to slightly recurved, distal 1–3 mm sparsely to densely villous, hairs yellow, to 1 mm; style 12–16 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 6–9 × 4–5 mm, glandular-puberulent distally. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Rocky slopes in subalpine forests, alpine meadows.
|elevation=2100–3700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon whippleanus</i> is known from forests and meadows of the Southern and Central Rocky mountains and westward into the Wasatch Mountains and Utah Plateaus. Plants with light-colored corollas often are found growing next to plants with dark-colored corollas.</p>
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name=Penstemon whippleanus
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Rocky slopes in subalpine forests, alpine meadows.
|elevation=2100–3700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1862
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Penstemon
|species=Penstemon whippleanus
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