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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Penstemon jamesii
|accepted_authority=Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=10: 325. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|common_names=James’s beardtongue
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Cristati;Penstemon jamesii
|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. Cristati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon jamesii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 125, 127, 138, 142
|treatment_page=page 137
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, 10–45(–52) cm, glabrate or retrorsely hairy proximally, glandular-pubescent distally. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, not leathery, glabrous or retrorsely hairy along midvein, especially adaxially; basal and proximal cauline petiolate, 20–80(–105) × (2–)5–10(–13) mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, base tapered, margins entire or serrate, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 3–6 pairs, sessile, 20–100(–110) × 5–15 mm, blade lanceolate to linear, base tapered to slightly clasping, margins entire or remotely dentate to remotely serrate, apex acute, rarely obtuse. <b>Thyrses</b> continuous or interrupted, secund, 5–20(–24) cm, axis densely glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 2–8, cymes 2–5-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, (9–)25–90 × (1–)3–15 mm; peduncles and pedicels densely glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 8–12 × 2–3 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla white to lavender, pink, or violet, with magenta or violet-blue nectar guides, ventricose, 24–32(–35) mm, moderately to densely white-pilose and glandular-pubescent internally abaxially, tube 8–10 mm, throat abruptly inflated, slightly constricted at orifice, 9–15 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens included, pollen sacs opposite, explanate, 1–1.2 mm, dehiscing completely, sutures smooth; staminode 14–17 mm, prominently exserted, 0.3–0.4 mm diam., tip recurved, distal 10–14 mm lanate, hairs yellow, to 3.5 mm, and medial hairs shorter, stiffer, and retrorse; style 17–18 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 10–16 × 5–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy, gravelly, or loamy soils, shortgrass prairies, sagebrush shrublands.
|elevation=1100–2300 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon jamesii</i> occurs on the southern High Plains and trans-Pecos regions from southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas through eastern New Mexico and western Texas to northern Coahuila, Mexico.</p>
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name=Penstemon jamesii
|authority=Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy, gravelly, or loamy soils, shortgrass prairies, sagebrush shrublands.
|elevation=1100–2300 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1846
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_353.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Cristati
|species=Penstemon jamesii
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