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Penstemon franklinii
Also called Ben Franklin Beardtongue, Ben Franklin's Beardtongue
Penstemon franklinii, or Franklin penstemon, is a plant species endemic to Utah, United States, known only from Cedar Valley in Iron County. It grows in grasslands and in sagebrush communities.
The species is endemic to Iron County, Utah and limited to just Cedar Valley southeast of the Escalante Desert in far southwestern Utah. The total range of the species is less than 100 square kilometers (39 sq mi) and is located at the north end of the valley. It is locally abundant in some places, but in others there are less 50 plants in a locality. It grows with three-awn grass, needle grass, matchweed, and black sagebrush.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon franklinii 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.
