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|accepted_name=Penstemon venustus
|accepted_authority=Douglas ex Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|place=16: plate 1309. 1830
|year=1830
}}
|common_names=Lovely beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Saccanthera;Penstemon venustus
|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. Saccanthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon venustus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 229, 230
|treatment_page=page 245
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs.</b> Stems ascending to erect, 18–80 cm, glabrous or retrorsely hairy, hairs pointed, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, glabrous, sometimes glaucous; cauline 7–15 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, (20–)40–100(–120) × (7–)10–30(–38) mm, blade ovate to lanceolate, base tapered to truncate, margins subentire or serrate, apex acute. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted, ± secund, (2–)7–40 cm, axis glabrous or retrorsely hairy, verticillasters (3–)5–14, cymes 2–7-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, (6–)23–70(–115) × (1–)4–28(–35) mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous or retrorsely hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to obovate or lanceolate, 2.5–6 × 1.3–1.8 mm, glabrous except for margins sometimes ciliate; corolla lavender to purple or violet, with reddish purple nectar guides, weakly ventricose, 24–38 mm, glabrous externally except lobe margins densely white-ciliate, glabrous internally, tube 7–9 mm, throat gradually inflated, 9–10 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice or exserted, filaments white-lanate distally, rarely glabrous, pollen sacs parallel, 1.6–2.1 mm, distal 1/2–2/3 indehiscent, sides hispidulous, hairs white, to 0.2 mm near point of attachment of connective, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.2 mm; staminode 16–19 mm, reaching orifice or barely exserted, 0.4–0.5 mm diam., distal 2–5 mm sparsely to moderately lanate, hairs white, to 2 mm; style 18–25 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 6–9 × 4–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (May–)Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rock outcrops, rocky and talus slopes, especially on basalt, shrublands, forest clearings.
|elevation=300–2700 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon venustus</i> is known from the Snake River Plateau in west-central Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington and is naturalized in Lassen County, California. E. C. Neese and N. D. Atwood (2003) reported <i>P. venustus</i>, apparently introduced, from Duchesne County, Utah. E. Heitz (1927) reported a chromosome number of 2n = 14–16 for <i>P. venustus</i>; that count conflicts with all other reports for <i>P. venustus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Penstemon venustus
|author=
|authority=Douglas ex Lindley
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering (May–)Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Rock outcrops, rocky and talus slopes, especially on basalt, shrublands, forest clearings.
|elevation=300–2700 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1830
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_592.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Saccanthera
|species=Penstemon venustus
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