PLANTS Profile for Penstemon caespitosus (mat penstemon)

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PLANTS Profile

Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray
mat penstemon

Symbol:

PECA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

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Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray

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Distribution:
Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray

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Classification:
Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Penstemon Schmidel – beardtongue
Species	Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray – mat penstemon

More Accounts and Images:
Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33839.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:41 PM CDT