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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Penstemon ellipticus
|accepted_authority=J. M. Coulter & Fisher
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=18. 302. 1893
|year=1893
}}
|common_names=Rocky ledge beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Penstemon davidsonii var. ellipticus
|authority=(J. M. Coulter & Fisher) B. Boivin
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Dasanthera;Penstemon sect. Erianthera;Penstemon ellipticus
|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. Dasanthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Penstemon sect. Erianthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon ellipticus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 86
|treatment_page=page 88
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> cespitose. <b>Stems</b> ascending to erect, 5–18 cm, puberulent to retrorsely hairy, usually in lines proximally, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, sometimes persistent, 2–6 pairs, distals seldom distinctly smaller than proximals, petiolate or sessile, (5–)10–42 × 4–15 mm, blade obovate to ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, base tapered to clasping, margins ± crenulate-serrulate, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous, not glaucous. <b>Thyrses</b> continuous, cylindric to ± secund, 1–4 cm, axis glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 2–4, cymes 1-flowered; proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, (4–)8–25 × 3–17 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes lanceolate, 8–15 × (1.8–)2.5–3.7 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla violet to purple, unlined internally but abaxial ridges usually light violet to whitish, not personate, funnelform, 27–40 mm, glabrous externally, sparsely to moderately white-lanate internally abaxially, tube 5–8 mm, throat 8–11 mm diam.; stamens included, pollen sacs 1.1–1.3 mm; staminode 9–16 mm, flattened distally, 0.3–0.4 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous or distal 1–3(–13) mm sparsely to moderately villous, hairs yellow, to 1.3 mm; style 25–28 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 8–11 × 6–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus slopes.
|elevation=900–2700 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon ellipticus</i> is known from the Canadian, Northern, and Middle Rocky mountains, including the Columbia Mountains.</p>
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Penstemon ellipticus
|authority=J. M. Coulter & Fisher
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Penstemon davidsonii var. ellipticus
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus slopes.
|elevation=900–2700 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1893
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_238.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Dasanthera
|section=Penstemon sect. Erianthera
|species=Penstemon ellipticus
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