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Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray
mat penstemon

       
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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

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 249 species in Penstemon or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray var. caespitosus. .
Penstemon caespitosus var. caespitosus
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Distribution of Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray var. desertipicti (A. Nelson) N.H. Holmgren. .
Penstemon caespitosus var. desertipicti
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Distribution of Penstemon caespitosus Nutt. ex A. Gray var. perbrevis (Pennell) N.H. Holmgren. .
Penstemon caespitosus var. perbrevis
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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
 

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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).

 
 
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