familyPlantaginaceae
genusPenstemon
subgenusPenstemon subg. Penstemon
sectionPenstemon sect. Saccanthera
speciesPenstemon leonardii
varietyPenstemon leonardii var. higginsii

Penstemon leonardii var. higginsii

Neese

Great Basin Naturalist 46: 459. 1986.

Craig C. Freeman
Common names: Higgins’s beardtongue
Endemic
Synonyms: Penstemon higginsii (Neese) N. H. Holmgren & N. D. Atwood
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 238.

Thyrses continuous or interrupted. Flowers: corolla 14–18 mm, limb lavender to violet; pollen-sacs 1.3–1.6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Pine-juniper, oak-maple, conifer, and aspen-conifer woodlands.
Elevation: 1700–3100 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Nev., Utah.

Discussion

Variety higginsii is known from the Black Rock Mountains (Mohave County) of Arizona, the Clover Mountains (Lincoln County) and Snake Range (White Pine County) of Nevada, and the Bull Valley and Pine Valley mountains and Kolob Plateau (Iron and Washington counties) of Utah.

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 pubescence
glabrous +
Apex shape
acuminate +  and caudate +
Author
Craig C. Freeman +
Authority
Neese +
Axis pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
Basal architecture
petiolate +
Basal arrangement
subalternate +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
Basal leaf architecture
simple +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Basal position
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
Basal pubescence
not +, glaucous +, glandular-pubescent +, hirsute +, pilose +, canescent +, hairy +, puberulent +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
Basal quantity
few +
Basal texture
leathery +
Base shape
tapered +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade shape
oblanceolate;spatulate or obovate +
Blade texture
not +  and leathery +
Bract presence
absent +
Bracteole size
smaller +
Calyx architecture or shape
symmetric +
Calyx lobe length
3mm;5.5mm +
Calyx lobe shape
ovate;lanceolate +
Calyx lobe width
0.9mm;2.2mm +
Calyx position relational
not surrounding +
Calyx shape
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
Capsule length
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Capsule pubescence
glabrous +
Capsule width
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Caudex architecture
rhizomelike +
Caudex growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Caudex texture
woody +
Cauline leaf architecture
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
Cauline leaf atypical length
4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Cauline leaf length
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br />) +
Cauline leaf quantity
2 (7) +
Cauline leaf width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Common name
Higgins’s beardtongue +
Connective architecture or dehiscence
splitting +
Corolla architecture
not personate +  and bilabiate +
Corolla architecture or shape
symmetric +
Corolla coloration
lavender +  and blue or violet +
Corolla coloration or density
purple +
Corolla pubescence
glabrous +
Corolla shape
ventricose +
Corolla size
ventricose-ampliate +  and ampliate +
Corolla some measurement
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
1-4-flowered +
Cyme quantity
2 +
Distal flower pubescence
hairy +
Distal leaf-blade shape
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
Drupe shape
drupe-like +
Elevation
1700–3100 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
Pine-juniper, oak-maple, conifer, and aspen-conifer woodlands. +
Hair coloration
white +
Hair pubescence
not glaucous +
Hair shape
pointed +
Hair some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 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 arrangement
opposite +
Leaf duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf pubescence
glabrous +
Limb coloration
lavender;violet +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
Margin architecture
erose +  and entire +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Margin pubescence
ciliolate +, pubescent +, puberulent +, scabrous +, glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
Margin shape
lacerate +, laciniate-pinnatifid +, toothed +  and entire +
Margin texture
scarious +
Nectar guide coloration or odor
lavender +
Nectar guide prominence
faint +
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 fixation or orientation
appressed +
Pedicel orientation
ascending +  and erect +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
glabrous +
Pedicel relief
papillate +
Peduncle fixation or orientation
appressed +
Peduncle orientation
ascending;erect +
Peduncle pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +  and 4 +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering (May–)Jun–Jul. +
Pistil architecture
2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Pollen-sac architecture or shape
saccate +
Pollen-sac arrangement
parallel +
Pollen-sac course or shape
navicular-sigmoid +
Pollen-sac dehiscence
indehiscent +
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 or shape
distal +
Pollen-sac quantity
1/2 +  and 2/3 +
Pollen-sac shape
navicular +
Proximal bract length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Proximal bract shape
lanceolate +
Proximal bract width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Proximal pubescence
puberulent +
Publication title
Great Basin Naturalist +
Publication year
1986 +
Reference
None +
Rim presence
absent +
Rim size
minute +
Seed atypical quantity
40 (100) +
Seed coloration
brown +, gray +  and tan +
Seed quantity
5;40 +
Seed shape
patelliform +  and angled +
Seed some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br />) +
Sepal atypical quantity
2 (4) +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Side pubescence
puberulent +  and glabrous +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
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
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
Staminode position
included +  and exserted +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode pubescence
glabrous +
Staminode quantity
1 +
Staminode shape
flattened +
Staminode some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Staminode variability
equal +
Stem architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Stem arrangement
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
Stem atypical some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (47 cm470 mm <br />0.47 m <br />) +
Stem growth form
climbing +  and scrambling +
Stem growth form or orientation
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
decumbent;ascending or erect +
Stem position
basal +
Stem presence
absent +
Stem pubescence
hairy +  and puberulent +
Stem some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style atypical quantity
0 (?) +
Style pubescence
glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Suture architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Suture relief
papillate +
Suture shape
denticulate +
Synonyms
Penstemon higginsii +
Taxon family
Plantaginaceae +
Taxon name
Penstemon leonardii var. higginsii +
Taxon parent
Penstemon leonardii +
Taxon rank
variety +
Throat diameter
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Throat shape
2-ridged +  and inflated +
Throat size
not constricted +
Thyrse architecture
interrupted +  and continuous +
Thyrse atypical some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Thyrse shape
cylindric +
Thyrse some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Tip course
straight +
Tip pubescence
glabrous +
Tooth some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
Tube base shape
gibbous +  and not spurred +
Tube some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Verticillaster quantity
2 (8) +
Volume
Volume 17 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
subshrub +  and herb +
Whole organism nutrition
autotrophic +
Whole organism texture
fleshy +
Wing presence
absent +
Wing quantity
8 +
Wing size or width
narrow +