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|accepted_name=Penstemon rhizomatosus
|accepted_authority=N. H. Holmgren
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=50: 162, fig. 1A–E. 1998
|year=1998
}}
|common_names=Rhizome beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Saccanthera;Penstemon rhizomatosus
|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 rhizomatosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 231, 240
|treatment_page=page 241
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs.</b> Stems ascending, 7–20(–28) cm, retrorsely hairy, hairs appressed, white, scalelike, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, glabrous abaxially, glabrate or retrorsely hairy, hairs appressed, white, scalelike, adaxially, not glaucous; cauline 4–7 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 17–35 × 3–7 mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, proximals sometimes spatulate, base tapered, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse or acute. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted, secund, 1–11 cm, axis glandular-pubescent distally, sometimes also retrorsely hairy proximally, hairs appressed, white, scalelike, verticillasters 2–5(–7), cymes 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, 4–26 × 1–7 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3.5–5.5(–6.5) × 1.7–2.1 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla violet to reddish purple, without nectar guides, funnelform, 14–18 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glabrous internally, tube 5–6 mm, throat gradually inflated, 4.5–6 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice, filaments glabrous, pollen sacs parallel, 0.9–1.2 mm, distal 1/2–2/3 indehiscent, sides glabrous, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm; staminode 7–8 mm, exserted, 0.4–0.6 mm diam., glabrous; style 10–13 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 6–9 × 4–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Talus slopes and crevices, limestone, pine and subalpine conifer woodlands.
|elevation=3000–3500 m.
|distribution=Nev.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon rhizomatosus</i> is known only from the Schell Creek Range of White Pine County. The species occurs near the summits of Cave Mountain, Cleve Creek Baldy, and Taft Peak (N. H. Holmgren 1998).</p>
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name=Penstemon rhizomatosus
|authority=N. H. Holmgren
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Talus slopes and crevices, limestone, pine and subalpine conifer woodlands.
|elevation=3000–3500 m.
|distribution=Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1998
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Saccanthera
|species=Penstemon rhizomatosus
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