Penstemon laetus (Mountain Blue Penstemon)

7/9/07 Silver Lake (Kay's Silver Lake Resort), Hwy. 88, Carson Pass Rd., 

Central Sierras, Amador County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Blue Penstemon

SPECIES: Penstemon laetus

FAMILY: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/9/07

LOCATION: Silver Lake (Kay's Silver Lake Resort), Hwy. 88, Carson Pass Rd., Central Sierras, Amador County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 15--75 cm, woody-branched proximally; herbage generally hairy,. 

Leaf: generally cauline; distal leaves 15--100 mm, linear to lanceolate, entire. 

Inflorescence: glandular. 

Flower: corolla 21--35 mm, (violet-)blue, short-glandular outside, floor glabrous; anther sacs dehiscing at proximal end to 4/5 their length, inner margins long-hairy; staminode glabrous. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax & Noel H. Holmgren