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Penstemon nitidus
Also called Wax-leaved Penstemon, Shining Penstemon, Smooth Blue Beardtongue, Wax Leaved Beardtongue, Wax Leaf Beardtongue
Penstemon nitidus, commonly the waxleaf penstemon, is a plant in the veronica family from the northern United States and western Canada.
Waxleaf penstemons are native to all four provinces of western Canada and to five central states in the northern US. In British Columbia the species is only found in the southeastern corner of the province and it is likewise only in the westernmost edge of Manitoba, but grows in the southern quarter of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the United States the species is only recorded in two counties in Idaho, Custer and Lemhi. To the east in Montana it grows in almost every county, but only in the western half of North Dakota. Its range extends to the northwestern corner of South Dakota and the north central areas of Wyoming.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon nitidus 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.
