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Penstemon centranthifolius
Penstemon centranthifolius is a species of penstemon known by the common name scarlet bugler. It is native to California and parts of Mexico, where it grows in many types of dry habitat from coast to desert, such as chaparral and oak woodland.
Penstemon centranthifolius is native to the US state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California. It grows as far north as Glenn County, California. They may be found in the California Coast Ranges, the Sacramento Valley, the San Joaquin Valley, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Transverse Ranges, the San Jacinto Mountains, the South Coast, and the Channel Islands. in Baja California it mostly grows below 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) in the Sierra de Juárez south to Sierra de San Borja. Notable extensive occurrences are found in open areas in the Sierra de Juárez.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon centranthifolius 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.
