Penstemon leonardii var. patricus

(N. H. Holmgren) Neese

Great Basin Naturalist 46: 460. 1986.

Common names: Dad’s beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon patricus N. H. Holmgren Brittonia 31: 238, fig. 11. 1979
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 238. Mentioned on page 240.
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Thyrses continuous or interrupted. Flowers: corolla 20–26 mm, limb blue to violet or purple; pollen-sacs (1.2–) 1.4–1.9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky sagebrush-grasslands, sagebrush and mixed shrubland communities, pine and aspen-pine woodlands.
Elevation: 2100–2700 m.

Discussion

Variety patricus is known from the Kern Mountains in White Pine County, Nevada, and the Deep Creek and House ranges in Juab, Millard, and Tooele counties, Utah. Flower features tend to be slightly larger in var. patricus than in var. leonardii and var. higginsii.

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 +
(N. H. Holmgren) Neese +
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 +
Penstemon patricus +
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 />) +
Dad’s beardtongue +
not personate +  and bilabiate +
lavender +  and blue or violet +
ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +  and ampliate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
1-4-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Nev. +  and Utah. +
drupe-like +
2100–2700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Rocky sagebrush-grasslands, sagebrush and mixed shrubland communities, pine and aspen-pine 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 +
blue;violet or purple +
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 Jun–Jul. +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 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 subg. Saccanthera +
Penstemon leonardii var. patricus +
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 +