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White River Valley beardtongue

Penstemon barnebyi

Also called Barneby's Beardtongue

White River Valley beardtongue
Photo: Matt Berger https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Nevada to California
Climate
temperate

About

Penstemon barnebyi is a species of penstemon known by the common names White River Valley beardtongue and Barneby's beardtongue. It is native to the mountain and basin territory of central western Nevada, where it grows in sagebrush and woodland; there is also one occurrence just over the California border.

Where it grows

Penstemon barnebyi is native to the US states of Nevada and California. In California it is only known from Mono County. Specifically it is known from collections made along Busher Creek in the White Mountains in the Inyo National Forest. In Nevada it grows in the southern half of White Pine County, the northern part of Lincoln County, and north central Nye County. It has also been located in Esmeralda County and Mineral County, Nevada which border Mono County, California. It grows in locations between 1,500–500 m (4,900–1,600 ft) in elevation.

Other Penstemon plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon barnebyi 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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