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|accepted_name=Penstemon fendleri
|accepted_authority=Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=2(4): 168, plate 5. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|common_names=Fendler’s beardtongue
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Coerulei;Penstemon fendleri
|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. Coerulei]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon fendleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 111, 118
|treatment_page=page 117
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, (15–)20–55(–60) cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, glabrous; basal and proximal cauline 20–100 × 4–24 mm, blade spatulate to oblanceolate, base tapered, apex rounded to obtuse or acute, sometimes mucronate; cauline 2–5 pairs, sessile, (14–)23–95 × (4–)6–31 mm, blade lanceolate or ovate to trullate, base clasping to cordate-clasping, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted, cylindric, (5–)11–38 cm, axis glabrous, verticillasters (3 or)4–12, cymes 2- or 3(–5)-flowered; proximal bracts trullate to ovate, 11–70 × 7–38 mm; peduncles and pedicels glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate, 4.5–7 × 1.5–3.5 mm, margins entire or erose, broadly scarious, glabrous or obscurely glandular along margins distally; corolla lavender to violet or bluish, with violet or reddish purple nectar guides, tubular-salverform, 14–23(–28) mm, glabrous externally or glandular, glabrous or sparsely white-villous internally abaxially, tube 7–9 mm, throat slightly inflated, 4–6 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens included, pollen sacs opposite, 1–1.3 mm, sutures papillate; staminode 8–11 mm, reaching orifice, 0.8–1.6 mm diam., tip recurved, distal 1–3 mm villous, hairs golden yellow, to 1.5 mm; style 11–15 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 10–15 × 8–10 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Sandy or gravelly soils, mixed-grass, shortgrass, or sandsage prairies.
|elevation=200–2300 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon fendleri</i> occurs on mesas and plains from the southern Great Plains through western Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona into northern Mexico.</p><!--
--><p>The Ramah Navajo of western New Mexico use <i>Penstemon fendleri</i> as a dermatological aid (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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name=Penstemon fendleri
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Sandy or gravelly soils, mixed-grass, shortgrass, or sandsage prairies.
|elevation=200–2300 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Kans.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_306.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Coerulei
|species=Penstemon fendleri
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