Penstemon heterodoxus (Sierra Penstemon)

 7/2/16 Gravelly area near Cottonwood Creek, Horseshoe Meadow, 10,000' elevation, Lone Pine Region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA 

7/9/16 Hwy. 108, 9,400' elevation, Stanislaus National Forest,

Sierra Nevada, Tuolumne County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Sierra Penstemon, Whorled Penstemon

SPECIES: Penstemon heterodoxus

FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/2/2016

LOCATION: 7/2/16 Gravelly area near Cottonwood Creek, Horseshoe Meadow, 10,000' elevation, Lone Pine Region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE
Habit: Perennial herb 5--65 cm, mat-forming; herbage +- glabrous. 

Leaf: entire, sometimes folded lengthwise; basal many; cauline narrowly lanceolate to ovate. 

Inflorescence: glandular. 

Flower: calyx 2.5--6 mm, lobes narrowly oblong to obovate; corolla 10--16 mm, cylindric to moderately expanded, deep blue-purple, glandular outside, floor yellow-brown-hairy; anther sacs 0.5--1 mm, dehiscing full length but barely spreading; staminode moderately yellow-hairy. 

eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax & Noel H. Holmgren.