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|accepted_name=Penstemon ammophilus
|accepted_authority=N. H. Holmgren & L. M. Shultz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=34: 381, fig. 1. 1982
|year=1982
}}
|common_names=Canaan Mountain beardtongue
|special_status={{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. Glabri;Penstemon ammophilus
|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. Glabri]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon ammophilus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 157, 162
|treatment_page=page 161
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>decumbent to ascending, 5–26 cm, usually ± fistulose, glutinous and covered with sand, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, not leathery, glutinous and covered with sand, not glaucous; basal and proximal cauline 18–80 × 4–15 mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, crisped, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 2–5 pairs, sessile, 15–75 × 2–8 mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, base tapered to truncate, margins crisped, apex rounded or obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> continuous, cylindric, 4–15 cm, axis glutinous and covered with sand, verticillasters 4–10, cymes 1–6-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, 14–45 × 2–5(–8) mm; peduncles and pedicels glutinous and covered with sand. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes lanceolate, 5–6.5 × 1–2 mm, glutinous and covered with sand; corolla lavender to blue-lavender, with violet nectar guides, weakly ventricose, 14–17 mm, glabrous externally, usually glutinous and covered with sand distally, especially on lobes, glabrous internally, tube 5–6 mm, throat gradually inflated, not constricted at orifice, 5–6 mm diam., slightly 2-ridged abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, pollen sacs opposite, navicular, 0.9–1.4 mm, dehiscing completely or incompletely, connective splitting or not, sides glabrous, sutures papillate; staminode: 8–9 mm, included, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., tip straight, distal 4–5 mm sparsely papillate, papillae violet, to 0.2 mm; style 10–12 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 3.5–6.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Sand dunes, ponderosa pine forests, mixed shrublands.
|elevation=1800–2200 m.
|distribution=Utah.
|discussion=<p>Penstemon ammophilus is known from Garfield, Kane, and Washington counties. Populations occur on aeolian sand, derived from the Navajo Sandstone. The fistulose stems of P. ammophilus are unique in Penstemon.</p>
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name=Penstemon ammophilus
|author=
|authority=N. H. Holmgren & L. M. Shultz
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Sand dunes, ponderosa pine forests, mixed shrublands.
|elevation=1800–2200 m.
|distribution=Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1982
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_398.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Glabri
|species=Penstemon ammophilus
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