Penstemon rupicola

(Piper) Howell

Fl. N.W. Amer., 510. 1901.

Common names: Cliff beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon newberryi var. rupicola Piper Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 397. 1900
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 92. Mentioned on page 86, 87.

Subshrubs, cespitose. Stems ascending to erect, 3–16 cm, puberulent to pubescent, not glaucous. Leaves persistent, 3–8 pairs, distals usually distinctly smaller than proximals, short-petiolate or sessile, 4–22 × 3–14 mm, blade round to elliptic or spatulate, base tapered to cuneate, margins ± serrate, apex rounded to obtuse, rarely acute, glabrous or hairy, usually glaucous. Thyrses continuous, ± secund, 1–3 cm, axis hairy proximally, pubescent or glandular-pubescent distally, verticillasters 1–3, cymes 1-flowered; proximal bracts elliptic to ovate, 3–9 × 2–6 mm; peduncles and pedicels ascending to erect, glandular-pubescent. Flowers: calyx lobes lanceolate-elliptic to oblong, 6–11 × 2–2.8 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla pink to red, pinkish lavender, or rose red, essentially unlined internally but abaxial ridges usually white, not personate, funnelform, 25–36 mm, glabrous externally, glabrous internally or sparsely white-lanate abaxially, tube 8–12 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam.; stamens: longer pair exserted, pollen-sacs 1–1.5 mm; staminode 13–15 mm, slightly flattened distally, 0.1 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous or distal 1–2 mm sparsely villous, hairs yellow, to 0.8 mm; style 26–30 mm. Capsules 7–9 × 5–7 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Cliffs, rock outcrops.
Elevation: 60–2400 m.

Discussion

Penstemon rupicola occurs largely in the Siskiyou Mountains and Cascade Range from northern California to northern Washington. It is partly sympatric with and forms hybrids with P. cardwellii, P. davidsonii var. davidsonii, and P. fruticosus var. fruticosus (A. D. Every 1977). Hybrids between P. rupicola and P. davidsonii var. davidsonii are encountered frequently in the vicinity of Crater Lake National Park and Mt. Hood (Every).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/3-3/4timescorollathroat" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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white-lanate +, or +  and glabrous +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.6 cm36 mm <br />0.036 m <br />) +
glaucous +, hairy +  and glabrous +
acute +, rounded +  and obtuse +
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(Piper) Howell +
glandular-pubescent +, pubescent +  and hairy +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
tapered;cuneate +
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round;elliptic or spatulate +
not +  and leathery +
glandular-pubescent +
lanceolate-elliptic;oblong +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
sessile +, short-petiolate +  and petiolate +
Cliff beardtongue +
not +, personate +  and bilabiate +
pink +  and red pinkish lavender or rose red +
glabrous +, hairy +  and glandular-pubescent +
tubular-funnelform +
ventricose-ampliate +  and ampliate +
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
usually distinctly smaller +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
drupe-like +
60–2400 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
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membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
subopposite +  and opposite +
persistent +
not +, glaucous +, hairy +  and glabrous +
3 (?) +  and 8 (?) +
leathery +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
erose +  and entire +
glandular +, glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
toothed +  and entire +
herbaceous +  and scarious +
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 +
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0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
elliptic +  and ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
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minute +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
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3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
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0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
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not constricted +
secund +  and continuous +
conic +  and cylindric +
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straight +
villous +  and glabrous +
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gibbous +  and not spurred +
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