Penstemon leonardii var. higginsii

Neese

Great Basin Naturalist 46: 459. 1986.

Common names: Higgins’s beardtongue
Endemic
Synonyms: Penstemon higginsii (Neese) N. H. Holmgren & N. D. Atwood
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 238.

Thyrses continuous or interrupted. Flowers: corolla 14–18 mm, limb lavender to violet; pollen-sacs 1.3–1.6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Pine-juniper, oak-maple, conifer, and aspen-conifer woodlands.
Elevation: 1700–3100 m.

Discussion

Variety higginsii is known from the Black Rock Mountains (Mohave County) of Arizona, the Clover Mountains (Lincoln County) and Snake Range (White Pine County) of Nevada, and the Bull Valley and Pine Valley mountains and Kolob Plateau (Iron and Washington counties) of Utah.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

acuminate +  and caudate +
Craig C. Freeman +
hairy +  and glabrous +
subalternate +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
not +, glaucous +, glandular-pubescent +, hirsute +, pilose +, canescent +, hairy +, puberulent +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
tapered +
oblanceolate;spatulate or obovate +
not +  and leathery +
ovate;lanceolate +
0.9mm;2.2mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Higgins’s beardtongue +
not personate +  and bilabiate +
lavender +  and blue or violet +
ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +  and ampliate +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1-4-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Ariz. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
drupe-like +
1700–3100 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Pine-juniper, oak-maple, conifer, and aspen-conifer woodlands. +
not glaucous +
pointed +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
lavender;violet +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
erose +  and entire +
ciliolate +, pubescent +, puberulent +, scabrous +, glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
lacerate +, laciniate-pinnatifid +, toothed +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
ascending +  and erect +
papillate +
ascending;erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering (May–)Jun–Jul. +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
1/2 +  and 2/3 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Great Basin Naturalist +
minute +
brown +, gray +  and tan +
patelliform +  and angled +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
included +  and exserted +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (47 cm470 mm <br />0.47 m <br />) +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
decumbent;ascending or erect +
hairy +  and puberulent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon higginsii +
Penstemon leonardii var. higginsii +
Penstemon leonardii +
variety +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
2-ridged +  and inflated +
not constricted +
interrupted +  and continuous +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
cylindric +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
straight +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
subshrub +  and herb +