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|accepted_name=Penstemon centranthifolius
|accepted_authority=(Bentham) Bentham
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Scroph. Ind.,
|place=7. 1835
|year=1835
}}
|common_names=Scarlet bugler
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chelone centranthifolia
|authority=Bentham
|publication_title=Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser.
|publication_place=2, 1: 481. 1835
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Gentianoides;Penstemon centranthifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Penstemon subg. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Penstemon sect. Gentianoides]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon centranthifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 83, 148, 150, 152, 248, 251, 255
|treatment_page=page 151
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, 30–120 cm, glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> glabrous, glaucous; cauline 5–11 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 40–100 × 10–40 mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base tapered to auriculate-clasping, margins entire, apex rounded to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted, secund to ± cylindric, 15–60(–100) cm, axis glabrous or obscurely scabrous, verticillasters 8–18(–22), cymes 1–5(–11)-flowered; proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, (3–)7–25(–87) × (1–)3–14(–30) mm; peduncles and pedicels erect, glabrous or obscurely scabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3–6 × 2–3 mm, margins erose, glabrous; corolla scarlet, without nectar guides, nearly radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate, salverform, 25–33 mm, glabrous externally, glabrous internally, tube 8–10 mm, throat slightly inflated, 4.5–6 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, pollen sacs explanate, 0.9–1.2 mm, sutures smooth; staminode 13–14 mm, terete to slightly flattened distally, 0.1–0.3 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous; style 18–27 mm, exserted. <b>Capsules</b> 8–11 × 6–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jul.
|habitat=Hillsides, chaparral, oak, pinyon-juniper, and Joshua tree woodlands, coastal sage scrub, pine forests.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon</i> ×parishii A. Gray, a naturally occurring hybrid between <i>P. centranthifolius</i> and <i>P. spectabilis</i> (A. D. Wolfe and W. J. Elisens 1993), has been reported from Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties, California (D. D. Keck 1937; Paul Wilson and M. Valenzuela 2002). A wild hybrid between <i>P. centranthifolius</i> and <i>P. eatonii</i> also was reported from San Bernardino County, California (Wilson and Valenzuela). <i>Penstemon</i> ×dubius Davidson was described from Mount Lowe in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, growing with <i>P. centranthifolius</i> and <i>P. grinnellii</i>. Hybridization between <i>P. centranthifolius</i> and <i>P. grinnellii</i> has been documented using allozyme and DNA data (Wolfe and Elisens 1993, 1994).</p><!--
--><p>Three southern and central Californian tribes of Native Americans used <i>Penstemon centranthifolius</i> for drugs, food, and decorations (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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name=Penstemon centranthifolius
|author=
|authority=(Bentham) Bentham
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Chelone centranthifolia
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jul.
|habitat=Hillsides, chaparral, oak, pinyon-juniper, and Joshua tree woodlands, coastal sage scrub, pine forests.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Scroph. Ind.,
|publication year=1835
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_387.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Gentianoides
|species=Penstemon centranthifolius
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