It is native to the lower mountain and plateau areas of the Mojave Desert, within eastern California and southwestern Nevada. It grows in canyons, arroyos, and sagebrush scrub.
Penstemon floridus is a perennialherb producing erect stems sometimes exceeding 1 metre (3.3 ft) tall. The thick leaves are lance-shaped to oval, usually toothed and somewhat wavy, and arranged in pairs with bases clasping the stem.[2]
The glandular inflorescence produces showy flowers up to 3 centimeters long and tubular in shape with a wide throat becoming narrowed at the lipped mouth. The flowers are bright pink with a darker lining inside.
VarietiesEdit
There are two varieties of this species.
Penstemon floridus var. austinii — Austin's beardtongue, named for Stafford Wallace Austin, collector of plants and husband of writer Mary Hunter Austin.[3][4]
Penstemon floridus var. floridus — Panamint beardtongue.[5]
^Suaudeau, J. (2015), "Progress from Embryonic Stem Cells to Transduced Pluripotent Stem Cells. An Overview", Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 13, Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, vol. 13, pp. 75–90, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7233-4_6, ISBN978-94-017-7232-7
^Blakely, L. Who's in a Name - Austin's Beardtongue 2001-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Bristlecone CNPS Newsletter November 1999.
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