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|accepted_name=Penstemon speciosus
|accepted_authority=Douglas ex Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|place=15: plate 1270. 1829
|year=1829
|other_info_on_pub=(as Pentstemon speciosum)
}}
|common_names=Royal or showy beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Penstemon speciosus subsp. kennedyi
|authority=(A. Nelson) D. D. Keck
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Glabri;Penstemon speciosus
|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 speciosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 157, 159, 161, 168, 180, 251
|treatment_page=page 179
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>decumbent to ascending or erect, 7–65(–90) cm, glabrous or retrorsely hairy to pubescent, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, basal sometimes absent, ± leathery or not, glabrous or retrorsely hairy, not glaucous; basal and proximal cauline (25–)30–90(–140) × (3–)6–20(–35) mm, blade oblanceolate to elliptic or lanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 3–8 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 35–70(–150) × 3–20(–30) mm, blade oblanceolate to elliptic, lanceolate, or linear, base tapered to clasping, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> continuous, secund or cylindric, (1–)3–35 cm, axis glabrous or puberulent, rarely glandular or glandular-pubescent, verticillasters (2–)4–14, cymes 1–4-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, rarely ovate or linear, (15–)20–80 × (1–)2–23 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glabrous or retrorsely hairy, rarely glandular-pubescent, peduncles to 20 mm, pedicels 1–8 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, rarely obovate, (4–)6–11(–13.5) × 2–4 mm, margins erose, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, glabrous or ± glandular proximally; corolla blue to violet, with reddish purple nectar guides, ventricose, 25–35 mm, glabrous externally, glabrous, rarely sparsely white-pilose, internally abaxially, tube 8–13 mm, throat gradually inflated, slightly constricted at orifice, 7–10(–13) mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, pollen sacs divergent, sigmoid, (1.8–)2–3 mm, dehiscing incompletely, proximal 1/3 indehiscent, connective not splitting, sides glabrous or sparsely hispidulous, hairs tan, to 0.3 mm, sutures papillate or denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm; staminode 14–18 mm, included, 0.6–1 mm diam., tip straight to recurved, glabrous or distal 1–7 mm sparsely pilose, hairs yellow to yellowish orange, to 0.8 mm; style 18–23 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 10–16 × 6–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clearings in pine forests.
|elevation=300–3300 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon speciosus</i> is widespread and highly polymorphic. F. S. Crosswhite (1967b) examined morphologic variation and concluded it was clinal.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Penstemon speciosus
|authority=Douglas ex Lindley
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Penstemon speciosus subsp. kennedyi
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, clearings in pine forests.
|elevation=300–3300 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Edwards’s Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1829
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_447.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Glabri
|species=Penstemon speciosus
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