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Penstemon yampaensis
Yampa beardtongue is a rare, very low-growing species that forms flat mats of narrow leaves with almost no visible stem, native to dry ridges in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. It is not commonly grown, and its key to success is its need for dry, gritty, well-drained soil and full sun.
Penstemon yampaensis, the Yampa penstemon, is a rare species of plant from the western United States. It grows in the Yampa River drainage of Colorado and Wyoming and westward into Utah. It is one of the more unusual penstemons, having almost no stem. It is threatened from habitat disturbance, particularly the invasion of the non-native cheatgrass.
Penstemon yampaensis has a natural distribution near where the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming meet. It is recorded from just four counties. In Colorado it grows in Moffat County at the northwest corner of the state. In Utah it grows in two counties in the easternmost portion of the state Daggett and Uintah . To the north it is found in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. There are less than 40 known locations where it grows across its range.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon yampaensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
