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White River Beardtongue

Penstemon albifluvis

White River Beardtongue
Photo: My-Lan Le https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mylan, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Utah to NW. Colorado
Climate
temperate

About

Penstemon albifluvis, the White River penstemon, is a disputed species or variety of Penstemon that grows in a small area in eastern Utah and western Colorado. It grows mainly on broken shale and rock formations in desert habitats. White River penstemon is very rare.

Where it grows

White River penstemon has a natural range of just two counties, Rio Blanco in western Colorado and the neighboring Uintah County in eastern Utah. It mostly grows from the White River southward to the East Tavaputs Plateau. The only documented Colorado location is on Raven Ridge near the boarder with Utah. It ranges in elevation from 1500–2200 meters. The total size of its range is between 100-250 square kilometers.

Other Penstemon plants

Firleaf beardtongue · Stemless beardtongue · Sharpleaf penstemon · Los Alamos beardtongue · Alberta beardtongue · White penstemon · Whitemargin beardtongue · Gilia beardtongue · Penstemon angelicus · Siskiyou beardtongue · Broadbeard beardtongue · Sand penstemon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon albifluvis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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