Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus

Munz & I. M. Johnston

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 357. 1923.

Endemic
Synonyms: Penstemon clevelandii subsp. connatus (Munz & I. M. Johnston) D. D. Keck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 249. Mentioned on page 248.

Distal cauline leaves sessile, base connate-perfoliate. Thyrses: peduncles and pedicels glabrous. Flowers: calyx lobes glabrous; corolla sparsely white or yellowish pilose internally abaxially; pollen-sacs navicular, sutures denticulate, teeth to 0.1 mm; staminode 7–11 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Rocky to sandy slopes, pinyon-juniper woodlands, scrub, chaparral.
Elevation: 200–1700 m.

Discussion

Variety connatus is known only from southern California, especially in the Cuyamaca-Lacuna, San Jacinto, and Santa Rosa mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/4+timescorollathroat" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."-2timescalyxlobes" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

Craig C. Freeman +
Munz & I. M. Johnston +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
connate-perfoliate +
truncate;tapered;truncate;tapered +
cordate;triangular-lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
rounded;ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
not personate +, bilabiate +  and strongly bilabiate +
yellowish +  and white +
cylindric-funnelform +, tubular-funnelform +  and ventricose +
ventricose-ampliate +
2-8-flowered +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
drupe-like +
200–1700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Rocky to sandy slopes, pinyon-juniper woodlands, scrub, chaparral. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
leathery +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
orbiculate;linear;orbiculate;linear;truncate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic;round;lanceolate;ovate +
erose +  and entire +
entire +  and dentate +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
denticulate +, toothed +  and entire +
reddish purple +  and reddish +
1.8-2 times calyx lobes +
glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
rounded +, inflated +, tubular-funnelform +  and slightly ventricose +
constricted +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
spreading +  and ascending or erect +
spreading;ascending or erect +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Feb–May. +
divergent +  and opposite +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
depressed-ovate +  and ovate or triangular +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
connate-perfoliate +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
minute +
brown +  and dark-brown or black +
rounded +  and angled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
ascending;erect +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon clevelandii subsp. connatus +
Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus +
Penstemon clevelandii +
variety +
1.8-2 times calyx lobes +
pilose +  and glandular-pubescent +
rounded +  and inflated +
constricted +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
secund +  and interrupted +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br />) +
cylindric +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
straight +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
pilose +  and glandular-pubescent +
rounded +  and inflated +
constricted +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +