Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Penstemon virgatus Gray
(Wandbloom Penstemon, Blue Beardtongue)

Family: Plantaginaceae, formerly Scrophulariaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
By subsp., see Allred

Penstemon virgatus is a beautiful upper elevation plant with a light purple corolla. The corolla throat has deep purple guidelines on the inside. The guidelines disappear in dried herbarium specimens. Penstemon virgatus is found in moist meadows.
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Penstemon virgatus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 2, 2007



Penstemon virgatus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, Oct. 5, 2008



Penstemon virgatus, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Sheep Corral Canyon, July 11, 2009



Penstemon virgatus, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, June 30, 2010


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