PLANTS Profile for Penstemon laetus (mountain blue penstemon)

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PLANTS Profile

Penstemon laetus A. Gray
mountain blue penstemon

Symbol:

PELA7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray

Distribution:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray


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USA (CA, OR)

Related Taxa:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 249 species in Penstemon or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Penstemon laetus ssp. laetus
mountain blue penstemon

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Penstemon laetus 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 laetus A. Gray – mountain blue penstemon

More Accounts and Images:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33714.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 02:39 AM CST