Difference between revisions of "Penstemon caespitosus"

Nuttall ex A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 66. 1862.

Common names: Mat beardtongue
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 100. Mentioned on page 99, 103, 107.
FNA>Volume Importer
m (Bot: Adding category Revision Pending)
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 24: Line 24:
  
 
-->{{Treatment/Body
 
-->{{Treatment/Body
|distribution=w United States.
+
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Utah;Wyo.
 
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
 
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
 
--><p>The varieties of <i>Penstemon caespitosus</i> are weakly differentiated and largely allopatric.</p>
 
--><p>The varieties of <i>Penstemon caespitosus</i> are weakly differentiated and largely allopatric.</p>
Line 63: Line 63:
 
|basionyms=
 
|basionyms=
 
|family=Plantaginaceae
 
|family=Plantaginaceae
|distribution=w United States.
+
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Utah;Wyo.
 
|reference=None
 
|reference=None
 
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
 
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
 
|publication year=1862
 
|publication year=1862
 
|special status=Endemic
 
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_265.xml
+
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_265.xml
 
|genus=Penstemon
 
|genus=Penstemon
 
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
 
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
Line 75: Line 75:
 
}}<!--
 
}}<!--
  
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Penstemon sect. Caespitosi]]
+
-->
 +
 
 +
[[Category:Treatment]]
 +
[[Category:Penstemon sect. Caespitosi]]
 +
[[Category:Revision Pending]]

Revision as of 22:42, 13 August 2020

Stems prostrate, only tip ascending, 2–8(–10) cm, not cinereous, retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed. Leaves not leathery, not cinereous, retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed; cauline 3–20 pairs, petiolate, 2.5–14(–21) × 1–4 mm, blade obovate to spatulate, oblanceolate, or linear, base tapered, apex rounded to acute or mucronate. Thyrses continuous, cylindric to secund, 0.5–3 cm, axis retrorsely hairy to retrorsely cinereous, hairs pointed, sometimes also glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 1–5, cymes 1–3-flowered, 1 per node; proximal bracts linear, 2.8–13(–17) × 0.7–3 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, retrorsely hairy to retrorsely cinereous, hairs pointed, and glandular-pubescent. Flowers: calyx lobes lanceolate to linear, 4–6.5(–8.5) × 1–1.5(–1.9) mm, herbaceous- or narrowly scarious-margined, retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed, and sparsely glandular-pubescent; corolla blue to purplish lavender or lavender, lined internally abaxially with reddish violet nectar guides, funnelform, 10–17(–21) mm, yellow-villous internally abaxially, tube 5–6 mm, throat gradually inflated, 4.5–6 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice or exserted, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs opposite, navicular to explanate, 0.6–1.2 mm, sutures papillate; staminode 9–12 mm, reaching orifice, flattened distally, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., tip straight to recurved, distal 7–9 mm densely pilose, hairs golden yellow, to 1 mm; style 13–15 mm. Capsules 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

The varieties of Penstemon caespitosus are weakly differentiated and largely allopatric.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Pollen sacs 0.9–1.2 mm; leaf blades oblanceolate; Arizona, Utah. Penstemon caespitosus var. desertipicti
1 Pollen sacs 0.6–0.9 mm; leaf blades obovate, spatulate, oblanceolate, or linear; Colorado, Utah, Wyoming. > 2
2 Leaf blades oblanceolate to linear; pollen sacs explanate, 0.6–0.8 mm; Colorado, Utah, Wyoming. Penstemon caespitosus var. caespitosus
2 Leaf blades obovate or spatulate; pollen sacs navicular to subexplanate, 0.8–0.9 mm; Colorado, Utah. Penstemon caespitosus var. perbrevis