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Ash penstemon

Penstemon cinicola

Also called Ash Beardtongue

Ash penstemon
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. Oregon to N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Penstemon cinicola is a species of penstemon known by the common name ash penstemon. It is native to northeastern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in forests and plateau habitat.

Where it grows

The native range of Penstemon cinicola is in northern California and Oregon. In Oregon it grows on the eastern side of the Cascades in Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, and Lake counties. In California it may be found in the Warner Mountains and Modoc Plateau in Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties. The area of its range is uncertain, 250–20,000 square kilometers.

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 cinicola 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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