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Superb beardtongue

Penstemon superbus

Superb beardtongue
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona to New Mexico and Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Penstemon superbus, the superb penstemon, is a species of penstemon from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico near the international border.

Where it grows

Superb penstemons are native to the northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The Natural Resources Conservation Service reports the species as growing in just Grant and Hidalgo counties in southwestern New Mexico. In Arizona six counties in the eastern and southern parts of the state. In Mexico it also grows in two states Sonora in northwestern Mexico and Chihuahua to the east.

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 superbus 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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