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Blue penstemon

Penstemon cyaneus

Also called Blue Beardtongue

Blue penstemon
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
NW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Penstemon cyaneus is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names blue penstemon and dark blue penstemon. It is native to the western United States, where it is widespread in Idaho and also found in parts of Montana and Wyoming.

Where it grows

Penstemon cyaneus grows in three states near and in the Rocky Mountains. It is most widespread in Idaho where it grows from Idaho County southward. In Montana it grows in just a southwestern area near Yellowstone National Park. In Wyoming it can be found in the northwest quadrant of the state.

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 cyaneus 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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