familyPlantaginaceae
genusPenstemon
subgenusPenstemon subg. Penstemon
sectionPenstemon sect. Cristati
speciesPenstemon eriantherus
varietyPenstemon eriantherus var. whitedii

Penstemon eriantherus var. whitedii

(Piper) A. Nelson

Bot. Gaz. 54: 148. 1912.

Craig C. Freeman
Common names: Whited’s beardtongue
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Penstemon whitedii Piper Bot. Gaz. 22: 490. 1896
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 135. Mentioned on page 134, 136.
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Stems glabrate or retrorsely hairy, rarely glandular-villous, proximally, glandular-villous distally. Leaves glabrous or glabrate abaxially, glabrate or villous to glandular-villous adaxially. Flowers: corolla lavender to violet or blue, ventricose-ampliate, 17–22 mm, not constricted at orifice; pollen-sacs navicular, 1.3–1.6 mm; staminode: distal 3–6 mm moderately lanate, hairs yellow, to 2 mm; style 9–13 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Dry, rocky, bitterbrush and rabbitbrush shrublands.
Elevation: 200–1200 m.

Distribution

Wash.

Discussion

Variety whitedii is known from the foothills of the Cascade Range and on the plains and in valleys in the Columbia Basin. The variety has been documented in Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Lincoln counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

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Abaxial lobe quantity
3 +
Adaxial lobe quantity
2 +
Androecium position
hypogynous +
Apex shape
obtuse +  and acute +
Author
Craig C. Freeman +
Authority
(Piper) A. Nelson +
Axis pubescence
hairy +, glandular-pubescent +  and glandular-villous +
Basal leaf architecture
simple +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Base shape
tapered;tapered +
Basionyms
Penstemon whitedii +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade arrangement or shape
elliptic +
Blade shape
oblanceolate;oblong lanceolate or linear +
Blade texture
not +  and leathery +
Bract presence
absent +
Bracteole size
smaller +
Calyx architecture or shape
symmetric +
Calyx lobe length
5.5mm;13mm +
Calyx lobe pubescence
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular-villous +
Calyx lobe shape
lanceolate +
Calyx lobe width
1.4mm;3mm +
Calyx position relational
not surrounding +
Calyx shape
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
Capsule length
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Capsule pubescence
glandular-pubescent +
Capsule width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Caudex architecture
rhizomelike +
Caudex growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Caudex texture
woody +
Cauline blade architecture
sessile +
Cauline blade quantity
2;6 +
Common name
Whited’s beardtongue +
Connective architecture or dehiscence
splitting +
Corolla architecture
not personate +, rarely nearly radially symmetric +  and weakly strongly bilabiate +
Corolla architecture or shape
symmetric +
Corolla atypical some measurement
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.2 cm42 mm <br />0.042 m <br />) +
Corolla coloration
lavender +  and violet or blue +
Corolla pubescence
glandular-pubescent +  and yellow-villous +
Corolla shape
ventricose +  and tubular-funnelform +
Corolla size
not constricted +  and ventricose-ampliate +
Corolla some measurement
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
2-6-flowered +
Cyme quantity
2 +
Distal flower pubescence
lanate +
Distal flower some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Distal leaf-blade shape
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Distribution
Wash. +
Drupe shape
drupe-like +
Elevation
200–1200 m. +
Embryo course
curved +  and straight +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +
Flower quantity
1 +  and 4 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruits capsule arrangement
packed +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
septicidal +
Habitat
Dry, rocky, bitterbrush and rabbitbrush shrublands. +
Hair coloration
yellow +
Hair some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Hair texture
membranous +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Lateral branch architecture
cymose +
Leaf architecture
short-petiolate +, sessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +  and opposite +
Leaf duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf position
basal +  and cauline +
Leaf pubescence
glabrate or villous +  and glandular-villous +
Leaf texture
not leathery +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
Margin architecture or relief
erose +
Margin architecture or shape
serrate +, dentate +  and entire +
Margin pubescence
glabrous +, puberulent +, hairy +, scabrous +, glandular-villous +  and glandular-pubescent +
Margin shape
toothed +  and entire +
Margin texture
scarious +  and herbaceous +
Medial hair fragility
stiffer +
Medial hair height or length or size
shorter +
Medial hair orientation
retrorse +
Nectar guide coloration
reddish purple +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary arrangement
axile +  and parietal +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
basal +, apical +  and superior +
Ovule architecture
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
Ovule orientation
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
Panicle architecture
spiciform +
Pedicel orientation
ascending +  and erect +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
hairy +, glandular-pubescent +  and glandular-villous +
Peduncle orientation
ascending;erect +
Peduncle pubescence
hairy +, glandular-pubescent +  and glandular-villous +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +  and 4 +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering May–Jun. +
Pistil architecture
2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Pollen-sac architecture or shape
saccate +
Pollen-sac arrangement
widely divergent +  and opposite +
Pollen-sac course or shape
navicular-sigmoid +
Pollen-sac dehiscence
dehiscing +
Pollen-sac distance
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
Pollen-sac orientation
explanate +
Pollen-sac position
proximal +
Pollen-sac quantity
1/5 +  and 1/2 +
Pollen-sac shape
navicular +
Proximal architecture
short-petiolate +
Proximal atypical width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Proximal bract length
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Proximal bract shape
oblanceolate +  and oblong or lanceolate +
Proximal bract width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
Proximal flower pubescence
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
Proximal flower some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Proximal length
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Proximal width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Publication title
Bot. Gaz. +
Publication year
1912 +
Reference
None +
Rim presence
absent +
Rim size
minute +
Seed atypical quantity
40 (100) +
Seed coloration
black +, dark-brown +  and brown +
Seed quantity
5;40 +
Seed shape
angled +  and reniform or slightly rounded +
Seed some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
Sepal atypical quantity
2 (4) +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Side pubescence
glabrous +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Species growth form
shrubby +
Stamen architecture
didynamous +
Stamen atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen length or size
longer +
Stamen position
included +
Stamen quantity
4 +
Staminode diameter
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
Staminode position
exserted +
Staminode position or shape
distal +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode pubescence
lanate +
Staminode quantity
1 +
Staminode shape
flattened +
Staminode some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
Staminode variability
equal +
Stem architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Stem arrangement
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
Stem atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Stem growth form
climbing +  and scrambling +
Stem growth form or orientation
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
ascending;erect +
Stem position
basal +
Stem presence
absent +
Stem pubescence
glandular-villous +, hairy +  and glabrate +
Stem some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style atypical quantity
0 (?) +
Style pubescence
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style some measurement
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Suture architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Suture relief
papillate +  and smooth +
Suture shape
denticulate +
Synonyms
Penstemon sect. Albidi +
Taxon family
Plantaginaceae +
Taxon name
Penstemon eriantherus var. whitedii +
Taxon parent
Penstemon eriantherus +
Taxon rank
variety +
Throat diameter
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Throat shape
rounded +  and inflated +
Throat size
not +  and constricted +
Thyrse architecture
interrupted +  and continuous +
Thyrse atypical some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (27 cm270 mm <br />0.27 m <br />) +
Thyrse shape
cylindric +
Thyrse some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Tip architecture
coiled +
Tip course
straight +
Tip orientation
recurved +
Tube base shape
gibbous +  and not spurred +
Tube some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Verticillaster atypical quantity
7 (9) +
Verticillaster quantity
2 (7) +
Volume
Volume 17 +
Whole-organism architecture
petiolate +
Whole-organism position
cauline +  and proximal +
Whole organism architecture
acaulescent +  and caulescent +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism nutrition
autotrophic +
Whole organism texture
fleshy +
Wing presence
absent +
Wing quantity
8 +
Wing size or width
narrow +