View source for Penstemon dissectus

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|accepted_name=Penstemon dissectus
|accepted_authority=Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=2: 129. 1822
|year=1822
}}
|common_names=Cut-leaf beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
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|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Dissecti;Penstemon dissectus
|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. Dissecti]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon dissectus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 82, 139
|treatment_page=page 144
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>32–75 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: cauline 7–11 pairs, 16–50 × 10–28 mm, base tapered to truncate, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> 6–18 cm, verticillasters 2–4, cymes (1 or)2 or 3(or 4)-flowered; proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, 4–10 × 3–10 mm; peduncles and pedicels retrorsely hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3–5 × 1.3–2.2 mm; corolla with lavender or violet nectar guides, 20–25 mm, sparsely white-lanate internally abaxially, tube 6–7 mm, throat 8–10 mm diam.; pollen sacs 1.1–1.4 mm; staminode 17–19 mm, distal 2–4 mm sparsely villous, hairs white, to 2 mm; style 14–15 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 7–9 × 4–7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May.
|habitat=Open, mixed oak-pine forests, rock outcrops.
|elevation=10–50 m.
|distribution=Ga.
|discussion=<p>Penstemon dissectus is known from approximately 16 counties in the Coastal Plain. The species is unique in Penstemon in having margins of cauline leaves one- or two-pinnatifid. Basal leaves, which usually wither by anthesis, have entire margins.</p>
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name=Penstemon dissectus
|author=
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May.
|habitat=Open, mixed oak-pine forests, rock outcrops.
|elevation=10–50 m.
|distribution=Ga.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=1822
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_371.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Dissecti
|species=Penstemon dissectus
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