Penstemon wardii

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 82. 1876.

Common names: Ward’s beardtongue
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 183. Mentioned on page 156.

Stems ascending to erect, (6–) 15–42 cm, ± retrorsely hairy or pubescent, not glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline, ± leathery or not, densely retrorsely hairy, not glaucous; basal and proximal cauline 20–70 × 3–16 (–22) mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 2–5 pairs, short-petiolate or sessile, 19–72 × 3–9 mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate, base tapered to truncate, apex obtuse to acute. Thyrses continuous, secund, (4–) 10–22 cm, axis retrorsely hairy to retrorsely pubescent or pubescent, verticillasters (3–) 5–8, cymes 1–5-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts oblanceolate to lanceolate, 25–70 × 3–9 mm; peduncles and pedicels retrorsely hairy and glandular-pubescent. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate, 6–8.5 × 2.8–3.8 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla blue to lavender, with or without faint lavender nectar guides, ventricose, 24–30 mm, glandular-pubescent externally, glabrous internally, tube 8–12 mm, throat gradually inflated, slightly constricted at orifice, 6–9 (–12) mm diam., slightly 2-ridged abaxially; stamens: longer pair reaching orifice or slightly exserted, pollen-sacs divergent, sigmoid, 2–2.5 mm, dehiscing incompletely, proximal 1/5–1/4 indehiscent, connective not splitting, sides glabrous, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm; staminode 16–18 mm, included, 0.5–0.8 mm diam., tip straight, glabrous; style 20–24 mm. Capsules 12–15 × 8–10 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Clayey or loamy soils, foothills, desert shrub communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Elevation: 1500–2000 m.

Distribution

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Utah.

Discussion

Penstemon wardii is known from the foothills surrounding Sevier Valley in Millard, Piute, Sanpete, and Sevier counties (E. C. Neese and N. D. Atwood 2003).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

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obtuse +  and acute +
Craig C. Freeman +
A. Gray +
retrorsely hairy +  and retrorsely pubescent or pubescent +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
tapered;truncate +
Penstemon +
oblanceolate;lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
glandular-pubescent +
2.8mm;3.8mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> - 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> - 7.2 cm72 mm <br />0.072 m <br /> +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> +
Ward’s beardtongue +
not personate +, weakly bilabiate +  and strongly bilabiate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> - 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> +
blue to lavender +
glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
2-ridged +, inflated +  and ventricose +
constricted +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> +
1-5-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
drupe-like +
1500–2000 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Clayey or loamy soils, foothills, desert shrub communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
not glaucous +  and hairy +
not +  and leathery +
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 hairy +
spreading;erect;ascending +
glandular-pubescent +  and hairy +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Jul. +
indehiscent +  and dehiscing +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> +
1/5 +  and 1/4 +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> - 7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> +
oblanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
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 +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> - ? +  and 1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> - ? +
short-petiolate +  and petiolate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> - 15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
ascending;erect +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
not glaucous +, pubescent +  and hairy +
reduced +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> - 42 cm420 mm <br />0.42 m <br /> +
not +  and leathery +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - 2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon subg. Habroanthus +
Penstemon wardii +
Penstemon sect. Glabri +
species +
rounded +  and 2-ridged +
not +  and constricted +
secund +  and continuous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> - 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> +
cylindric +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> - 22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br /> +
straight +
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 +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and proximal +