Penstemon moriahensis

N. H. Holmgren

Brittonia 30: 422, fig. 4. 1978.

Common names: Mt. Moriah beardtongue
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 173. Mentioned on page 159, 160.

Stems ascending to erect, 18–50 cm, glabrous, not glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline, or basal sometimes reduced, not leathery, glabrous, not glaucous; basal and proximal cauline 35–80 (–120) × 4–13 mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, or acute; cauline 3–5 pairs, sessile or proximals sometimes short-petiolate, 20–110 × 5–18 mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, rarely linear, base tapered to clasping, apex obtuse to acute. Thyrses interrupted or continuous, secund, 4–17 cm, axis glabrous or ± glandular distally, verticillasters 4–11, cymes 2-flowered or 3 (–5) -flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate, 10–50 × 4–16 mm; peduncles and pedicels glandular to glandular-pubescent, peduncles to 7 mm, pedicels 2–11 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 5–7.5 × 2–4 mm, margins erose, glandular to glandular-pubescent; corolla blue to violet, without nectar guides, ventricose, 27–33 mm, glabrous externally, glabrous internally, tube 9–11 mm, throat gradually to abruptly inflated, not constricted at orifice, 8–12 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice, pollen-sacs divergent, navicular, 2–2.8 mm, dehiscing incompletely, proximal 1/5 indehiscent, connective not splitting, sides villous, hairs white, to 1 mm, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm; staminode 16–18 mm, included, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., tip straight, distal 1–6 mm sparsely lanate, hairs yellowish, to 0.8 mm; style 17–21 mm. Capsules 7–9 × 4.5–5.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Gravelly or silty soils, subalpine sagebrush shrublands, mountain mahogany, pinyon-juniper, and pine woods.
Elevation: 2200–3300 m.

Discussion

Penstemon moriahensis is found in the northern Snake Range near Mount Moriah, White Pine County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Penstemon moriahensis"
obtuse +  and acute +
Craig C. Freeman +
N. H. Holmgren +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
tapered;tapered +
Penstemon +
oblanceolate;lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
ovate;lanceolate +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Mt. Moriah beardtongue +
not personate +, weakly bilabiate +  and strongly bilabiate +
blue +  and violet +
ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
3(-5)-flowered +  and 2-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
drupe-like +
2200–3300 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Gravelly or silty soils, subalpine sagebrush shrublands, mountain mahogany, pinyon-juniper, and pine woods. +
yellowish +  and white +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
glutinous +
glandular +  and glandular-pubescent +
lacerate +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
spreading +, erect +  and ascending +
glandular +  and glandular-pubescent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
spreading;erect;ascending +
glandular +  and glandular-pubescent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
sigmoid +  and navicular-sigmoid +
indehiscent +  and dehiscing +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
short-petiolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
minute +
tan +  and brown or dark-brown +
angled +  and angled-elongate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
papillate +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
exserted +  and included +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (?) +
short-petiolate +  and petiolate +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
ascending;erect +
not glaucous +  and glabrous +
reduced +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
not leathery +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon subg. Habroanthus +
Penstemon moriahensis +
Penstemon sect. Glabri +
species +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
2-ridged +  and inflated +
not constricted +
secund +, continuous +  and interrupted +
cylindric +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
straight +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
smooth +  and papillate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and proximal +