Penstemon cinicola

D. D. Keck

Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 520: 294. 1940.

Common names: Ash beardtongue
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 198. Mentioned on page 187, 217.

Herbs. Stems ascending, (8–) 10–40 cm, glabrous or retrorsely hairy, not glaucous. Leaves essentially cauline, basal usually poorly developed, not leathery, glabrous; basal and proximal cauline 10–40 (–65) × 1–6 mm, blade oblanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute; cauline 3–5 pairs, sessile or proximals short-petiolate, 12–60 × 2–5 (–7) mm, blade oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, base tapered, margins entire, apex acute. Thyrses interrupted, cylindric, 1–14 cm, axis glabrous or ± puberulent at axils, verticillasters (1 or) 2–6, cymes (1–) 3–7-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate to linear, 8–30 (–45) × 1–7 mm, margins entire; peduncles and pedicels erect, glabrous. Flowers: calyx lobes obovate to ovate, 1–1.8 × 0.7–1.1 mm, apex truncate to cuspidate, glabrous; corolla violet to blue or purple, without nectar guides, funnelform, 7–9 (–11) mm, glabrous externally, moderately yellowish or white-pilose internally abaxially, tube 3–4 mm, throat slightly inflated, 2–3 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included or longer pair reaching orifice, pollen-sacs opposite, explanate, 0.3–0.4 (–0.5) mm, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures smooth; staminode 4–6 mm, included, 0.3–0.4 mm diam., tip straight, distal 0.5–1 mm sparsely to moderately pilose, hairs yellow, to 0.4 mm; style 5–6 mm. Capsules 2.5–4 × 1.8–2.5 mm, glabrous. 2n = 16, 32.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Dry, volcanic soils in sagebrush openings in pine forests.
Elevation: 1000–2600 m.

Discussion

Penstemon cinicola occurs along the eastern flank of the Cascade Range in central Oregon (Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, and Lake counties) south to northern California (Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/4+timescorollathroat" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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truncate;cuspidate +
acute +  and obtuse +
Craig C. Freeman +
D. D. Keck +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
alternate +, subopposite +, whorled +  and opposite +
glaucescent +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
not leathery +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
rarely +, not glaucous +, glabrate +, pubescent +, hairy +, glandular-lanate +, glandular-pubescent +, puberulent +, glandular +  and glabrous +
not +  and leathery +
tapered;tapered +
oblanceolate;lanceolate or linear +
not +  and leathery +
obovate;ovate +
0.7mm;1.1mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
Ash beardtongue +
personate +, not personate +, bilabiate +  and symmetric +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
yellowish +, violet +  and blue or purple +
white-pilose +  and glabrous +
ventricose +, tubular +  and tubular-funnelform +
ampliate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
(1-)3-7-flowered +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
drupe-like +
1000–2600 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Dry, volcanic soils in sagebrush openings in pine forests. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
glutinous +
glandular-ciliolate +, hairy +, puberulent +, glabrescent +, glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
lacerate +, toothed +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
1/5 +  and 2/3 +
short-petiolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. +
minute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
black +, gray +, brown +  and tan +
angled +  and slightly rounded +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
not glaucous +, hairy +  and glabrous +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon cinicola +
Penstemon sect. Penstemon +
species +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
2-ridged +  and inflated +
not constricted +
cylindric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
straight +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
cauline +  and proximal +