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Penstemon lanceolatus
Also called Branching Penstemon
Penstemon lanceolatus, the lanceleaf penstemon, is a species in the veronica family from Mexico and the southwestern United States. It has red tubular flowers that are pollinated by hummingbirds.
The majority of the lanceleaf penstemon's range is in Mexico with the species only found in the southernmost parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In Mexico it is native to one state in the northwest, Sonora. In the north it grows in Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí. The species is also native to the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz. In the west it is found in just Nayarit and Jalisco.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon lanceolatus 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.
