Penstemon deustus var. pedicillatus

M. E. Jones

Zoë 4: 281. 1893.

Endemic
Synonyms: Penstemon deustus subsp. heterander (Torrey & A. Gray) Pennell & D. D. Keck P. deustus var. heterander (Torrey & A. Gray) Pennell & D. D. Keck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 201. Mentioned on page 200.

Leaves opposite, cauline (7–) 10–35 (–52) × 2.5–8 (–14) mm, blade lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, spatulate, or ovate, margins obscurely to sharply serrate, sometimes entire. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 2.3–4.6 × 0.7–1.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; corolla 10–12 (–15) mm, glabrate or glandular-pubescent externally, glabrous internally, or glabrate or glandular-pubescent abaxially and glabrous adaxially, abaxial lobes brown, sometimes white to ochroleucous; staminode glabrous, sometimes distal 1–2 mm sometimes sparsely pilose, hairs yellow, to 0.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky and talus slopes, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, coniferous forests.
Elevation: 900–3000 m.

Distribution

Calif., Nev., Oreg., Utah.

Discussion

Fresh abaxial corolla lobes usually are brown in var. pedicillatus, and the abaxial lobes sometimes dry distinctly darker than the abaxial lobes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/4+timescorollathroat" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

acute +  and acuminate +
Craig C. Freeman +
M. E. Jones +
glandular-pubescent +
alternate +, subopposite +, whorled +  and opposite +
glaucescent +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
rarely +, not glaucous +, glabrate +, pubescent +, hairy +, glandular-lanate +, glandular-pubescent +, puberulent +, glandular +  and glabrous +
not +  and leathery +
tapered +
ovate;spatulate;ovate;spatulate;oblanceolate;lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
2.3mm;4.6mm +
glandular-pubescent +
ovate;lanceolate +
0.7mm;1.5mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5.2 cm52 mm <br />0.052 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
personate +, not personate +, bilabiate +  and symmetric +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
tinged lavender +, white +  and ochroleucous +
glabrous +, glandular-pubescent +, glabrate +  and , +
ventricose +, tubular +  and tubular-funnelform +
ampliate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
1-6-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Calif. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Utah. +
drupe-like +
900–3000 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Rocky and talus slopes, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, coniferous forests. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
hairy +  and glabrous +
not leathery +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
entire +  and serrate +
glutinous +
glandular-ciliolate +, hairy +, puberulent +, glabrescent +, glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
lacerate +, toothed +  and entire +
purple +  and brownish +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
ascending +  and erect +
glandular-pubescent +
ascending;erect +
glandular-pubescent +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Jul. +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
1/5 +  and 2/3 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
minute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
black +, gray +, brown +  and tan +
angled +  and slightly rounded +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
ascending;erect +
not glaucous +, glabrate +  and hairy +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon deustus subsp. heterander +  and P. deustus var. heterander +
Penstemon deustus var. pedicillatus +
Penstemon deustus +
variety +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
2-ridged +  and inflated +
not constricted +
cylindric +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
straight +
villous +, pilose +  and glabrous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +