Penstemon glaber var. glaber

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 169. Mentioned on page 168.

Stems glabrous. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate to orbiculate, 2–4.8 × 1.4–3.8 mm, apex rounded or abruptly short-acuminate; corolla 24–33 mm, glabrous or sparsely to moderately white-lanate internally abaxially; staminode apex rounded. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly shortgrass prairies, pine forests.
Elevation: 1100–2200 m.

Distribution

Mont., Nebr., N.Dak., S.Dak., Wyo.

Discussion

Variety glaber occurs from southwestern North Dakota and north-central South Dakota into the Nebraska Panhandle, southeastern Montana, and through most of eastern Wyoming, and it is replaced by var. alpinus and var. brandegeei southward along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

short-acuminate +  and rounded +
Craig C. Freeman +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
truncate;cordate +
Penstemon +
lanceolate;obovate;oblanceolate or lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
ovate;orbiculate +
1.4mm;3.8mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.3 cm43 mm <br />0.043 m <br />) +
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
not personate +, weakly bilabiate +  and strongly bilabiate +
blue +  and violet +
glabrous or +  and sparsely moderately white-lanate +
ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
2-4-flowered +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Dak. +, S.Dak. +  and Wyo. +
drupe-like +
1100–2200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Sandy or gravelly shortgrass prairies, pine forests. +
pale-yellow +, tan +  and white +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 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 +
puberulent +, glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
undulate +
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 +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
spreading;erect;ascending +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (7.1 cm71 mm <br />0.071 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jul–Aug(–Sep). +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
sigmoid +  and navicular-sigmoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
1/5 +  and 1/3 +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (3.6 cm36 mm <br />0.036 m <br />) +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
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 +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
exserted +  and included +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (?) +  and 2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (?) +
short-petiolate +  and petiolate +
65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
reduced +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br />) +
not leathery +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon subg. Habroanthus +
Penstemon glaber var. glaber +
Penstemon glaber +
variety +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
rounded +  and inflated +
constricted +
secund +  and continuous +
26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
cylindric +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (26 cm260 mm <br />0.26 m <br />) +
straight +
rounded +  and distinctly bifurcate +
smooth +  and papillate +
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 /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and proximal +