PLANTS Profile for Penstemon laetus ssp. laetus (mountain blue penstemon)

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Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus
mountain blue penstemon

Symbol:

PELAL6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Lava Beds National Monument. June 16, 2006. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

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Synonyms:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

PELAL11

Penstemon laetus A. Gray var. laetus

beardtongue

Distribution:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 249 species in Penstemon, 3 subspecies in Penstemon laetus A. Gray

Classification:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

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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
Subspecies	Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus – mountain blue penstemon

More Accounts and Images:
Penstemon laetus A. Gray ssp. laetus

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33715.

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

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 07:25 AM CDT