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Interested in the identification of penstemons? Please select a species then click on submit:
| Attribute | The current selection is Penstemon_bicolor |
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| Classification | Penstemon Penstemon Peltanthera Peltanthera |
| General | Two-colored Penstemon RARE. Blooms: April to May. |
| Anther | Shield-shaped, opening flat, longer than wide. |
| Staminode | Golden-bearded, exserted. |
| Leaves | Thickened, serrate (coarse-toothed), blue-green, upper ones wrap around stems. |
| Stems | To 12 dm (4’) tall. |
| Inflorescense | Long inflorescence |
| Corolla | 18-26 mm (3/4-1”) long, pale yellow or rose-pink, ranging from off-white to reddish purple, expanded abruptly, moderately, to wide mouth, lobes large (1/3 length of corolla), guidelines faint, throat sparsely villous (long-hairy) at the lower lip. |
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| Habitat | Creosote bush communities, 700-1524 m (2300-5000’) elev. |
| Range | Eastern Inyo County, CA, into Clark Co., NV. subsp. bicolor: Corolla pale yellow; lobes sometimes pink, Clark Co., NV subsp. roseus: Corolla rose-pink, in gravelly, rocky desert soils at about 1737 m (5600’) elev., Mohave Co. AZ. |
