familyPlantaginaceae
genusPenstemon
subgenusPenstemon subg. Penstemon
sectionPenstemon sect. Spectabiles
speciesPenstemon pseudospectabilis
Penstemon pseudospectabilis var. pseudospectabilis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 253.
Thyrses: peduncles and pedicels glandular-pubescent. Flowers: calyx lobes glandular-pubescent.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Rocky or gravelly washes, canyon floors, creosote shrublands, juniper-pine woodlands.
Elevation: 100–1400 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Utah, Mexico (Sonora).
Discussion
Variety pseudospectabilis is known from southern California (Riverside and San Bernardino counties), western and south-central Arizona (Coconino, Mohave, Pima, and Pinal counties), and northwestern Sonora, Mexico. A collection from Kane County, Utah, may have come from an introduction (E. C. Neese and N. D. Atwood 2003).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.