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|accepted_name=Penstemon confusus
|accepted_authority=M. E. Jones
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Zoë
|place=4: 280. 1893
|year=1893
}}
|common_names=Owens Valley beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Gentianoides;Penstemon confusus
|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 confusus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 150, 151, 153, 154
|treatment_page=page 152
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, 3–40(–44) cm, glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> glabrous or obscurely scabrous, especially along margins, glaucous; basal and proximal cauline (25–)30–60 × 5–10(–14) mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, sometimes mucronate; cauline 2 or 3 pairs, sessile, 15–50(–57) × 2–8(–12) mm, blade lanceolate to linear, base tapered, margins entire, apex acute. <b>Thyrses</b> ± interrupted, cylindric to ± secund, (2–)3–25(–30) cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters 3–10, cymes 1–5-flowered; proximal bracts lanceolate, 7–30(–50) × 3–12 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to obovate, rarely elliptic, (3.5–)4–6 × 1.8–3 mm, margins entire or erose, glabrous; corolla violet or reddish violet to purple, with reddish or reddish purple nectar guides, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate, tubular-funnelform, 14–18(–20) mm, glabrous or glandular-pubescent externally, glabrous or glandular-pubescent internally, tube 6–8 mm, throat gradually inflated, 6–7 mm diam., rounded or slightly 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included, pollen sacs navicular, sometimes explanate, 0.9–1.2 mm, sutures smooth or papillate; staminode 8–9 mm, flattened distally, 0.5–0.6 mm diam., tip recurved, distal 1–2 mm papillate, papillae golden yellow, to 0.2 mm, rarely glabrous; style 10–12 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 8–11 × 4–6 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gravelly, often calcareous, soils, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
|elevation=1700–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon confusus</i> is known from northwestern Arizona, east-central <i>Nevada</i>, and southeastern Utah. The species is barely sympatric with <i>P. utahensis</i> in Lincoln County, <i>Nevada</i>, and Washington County, Utah.</p>
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name=Penstemon confusus
|author=
|authority=M. E. Jones
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gravelly, often calcareous, soils, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
|elevation=1700–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Zoë
|publication year=1893
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_388.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Gentianoides
|species=Penstemon confusus
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