familyPlantaginaceae
genusPenstemon
subgenusPenstemon subg. Penstemon
sectionPenstemon sect. Caespitosi
speciesPenstemon linarioides
Penstemon linarioides var. maguirei
Publ. Univ. Wyoming 3: 105. 1937.
Common names: Maguire’s beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon linarioides subsp. maguirei D. D. Keck
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Stems 15–25 cm. Leaves densely retrorsely hairy, hairs appressed, white, scalelike, cauline 8–23 × 1.5–3.5 mm, blade oblanceolate, distals sometimes lanceolate. Flowers: staminode: distal 1–2 mm densely pilose, hairs yellow, to 1 mm, rest of distal 6–7 mm sparsely pilose.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky slopes and limestone cliffs in pine-juniper woodlands.
Elevation: 1800–2000 m.
Discussion
Variety maguirei is known from the Gila River Valley where it has been collected rarely in Greenlee County, Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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