Penstemon scariosus var. cyanomontanus

Neese

Great Basin Naturalist 46: 460. 1986.

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 179. Mentioned on page 178.

Leaves: basal usually persisting. Flowers: calyx lobes 4.8–8 × 1.3–2.2 mm; corolla 18–22 mm, sparsely to moderately glandular-pubescent externally, limb blue to bluish purple; pollen-sacs 1.5–1.7 mm; style 12–14 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush grasslands.
Elevation: 1600–2700 m.

Discussion

Variety cyanomontanus is known from the Uinta Basin in Moffat County, Colorado, and Uintah County, Utah. Populations are concentrated from the Yampa Plateau (Blue Mountain area) eastward into Dinosaur National Monument along the Yampa River.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

obtuse +  and acute +
Craig C. Freeman +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
tapered;tapered +
Penstemon +
oblanceolate;oblong or linear +
not +  and leathery +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
ovate;lanceolate +
1.3mm;2.2mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
not personate +, weakly bilabiate +  and strongly bilabiate +
blue +  and lavender +
glandular-pubescent +
ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
2-5-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Colo. +  and Utah. +
drupe-like +
1600–2700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush grasslands. +
yellow +  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 +
blue;bluish purple +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
glutinous +
puberulent +, glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
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-pubescent +  and glabrous +
spreading;erect;ascending +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Jul. +
divergent +  and opposite +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
sigmoid +  and navicular-sigmoid +
indehiscent +  and dehiscing +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
navicular +  and navicular-sigmoid +
short-petiolate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br /> (11.5 cm115 mm <br />0.115 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Great Basin Naturalist +
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 +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
included +  and exserted +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (?) +
short-petiolate +  and petiolate +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
glutinous +
not persisting +
climbing +  and scrambling +
erect;ascending +
not glaucous +  and glabrous +
reduced +
16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
not +  and leathery +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon subg. Habroanthus +
Penstemon scariosus var. cyanomontanus +
Penstemon scariosus +
variety +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
rounded +  and inflated +
constricted +
secund +, continuous +  and interrupted +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
cylindric +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
straight +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 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 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and proximal +