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Chelan beardtongue

Penstemon pruinosus

Also called Chelan Penstemon

Chelan beardtongue
Photo: Arianne Nickels (iNaturalist user name arriane35), CC0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. British Columbia to Washington
Climate
temperate

About

Penstemon pruinosus is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family; its common name is the Chelan penstemon. It is native to Washington State and southern British Columbia on the east side of the Cascade Mountains.

Where it grows

Penstemon pruinosus is found in open areas in central Washington and south-central British Columbia in a variety of open habitats from lower elevations to low mountains. It grows in arid habitats with sagebrush or pine trees from 300 to 2,000 meters (1,000 to 6,600 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 pruinosus 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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