Penstemon linarioides var. maguirei

(D. D. Keck) A. Nelson

Publ. Univ. Wyoming 3: 105. 1937.

Common names: Maguire’s beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon linarioides subsp. maguirei D. D. Keck Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 378. 1937
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 105. Mentioned on page 104.

Stems 15–25 cm. Leaves densely retrorsely hairy, hairs appressed, white, scalelike, cauline 8–23 × 1.5–3.5 mm, blade oblanceolate, distals sometimes lanceolate. Flowers: staminode: distal 1–2 mm densely pilose, hairs yellow, to 1 mm, rest of distal 6–7 mm sparsely pilose.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and limestone cliffs in pine-juniper woodlands.
Elevation: 1800–2000 m.

Discussion

Variety maguirei is known from the Gila River Valley where it has been collected rarely in Greenlee County, Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Craig C. Freeman +
(D. D. Keck) A. Nelson +
Penstemon linarioides subsp. maguirei +
Maguire’s beardtongue +
Ariz. +  and N.Mex. +
1800–2000 m. +
Rocky slopes and limestone cliffs in pine-juniper woodlands. +
Flowering Jun–Oct. +
Publ. Univ. Wyoming +
Penstemon linarioides var. maguirei +
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