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Mt. Graham beardtongue

Penstemon deaveri

Also called Mount Graham Beardtongue

Mt. Graham beardtongue
Photo: Daniel, CC0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona to New Mexico
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Penstemon deaveri, also known as Mount Graham penstemon and Deaver's Penstemon, is a penstemon species from the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. It has violet to lavender flowers and blooms in midsummer or early fall.

How to grow it

In New Mexico Mount Graham penstemons are cultivated and somewhat popular, but the species is not long-lived.

Where it grows

Mount Graham penstemons grow in the US States of New Mexico and Arizona. In New Mexico it grows in the western part of the state in Valencia, Socorro, Cibola, and Catron counties, in the Socorro County San Mateo Mountains, Zuñi Mountains, Datil Mountains, and Mogollon Mountains. In Arizona it is found in Greenlee, Graham, and Apache counties in the White and Pinaleño Mountains. They grow at elevations of 2,000 to 3,400 meters (6,600–11,200 ft).

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 deaveri 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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