Penstemon heterodoxus var. heterodoxus

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 207.

Stems 5–25 cm. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 5–50 × 3–10 mm. Thyrses: axis moderately to densely glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 1 (–3). 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Montane and alpine slopes, montane meadows, talus slopes.
Elevation: 2000–3900 m.

Discussion

Variety heterodoxus is known from the Klamath Range, Sierra Nevada, and Inyo and White mountains in east-central California and west-central Nevada. Populations are partly geographically sympatric with those of var. shastensis, which occurs to the north, and with those of var. cephalophorus, which occurs to the south.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

obtuse +  and acute +
Craig C. Freeman +
A. Gray in A. Gray et al. +
glandular-pubescent +
alternate +, subopposite +, whorled +  and opposite +
glaucescent +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
rarely +, not glaucous +, glabrate +, pubescent +, hairy +, glandular-lanate +, glandular-pubescent +, puberulent +, glandular +  and glabrous +
not +  and leathery +
tapered;tapered +
oblong;oblanceolate or lanceolate +
not +  and leathery +
glandular-pubescent +
oblong;lanceolate +
0.7mm;1.2mm +
short-tubular +  and short-campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
sessile +  and short-petiolate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
personate +, not personate +, bilabiate +  and symmetric +
lavender +  and blue violet or purple +
moderately yellow-pilose +  and yellow-lanate +
tubular-funnelform +
ampliate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
2-6-flowered +
scale-like +  and not needlelike +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
drupe-like +
2000–3900 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
Montane and alpine slopes, montane meadows, talus slopes. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
terminal +  and axillary +
persistent +  and deciduous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
not leathery +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
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 +
glandular-pubescent +
glandular-pubescent +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
navicular-sigmoid +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
1/5 +  and 2/3 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
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 /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
subalternate +, alternate +, whorled +  and opposite +
glutinous +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
erect;ascending;erect;ascending;decumbent +
not glaucous +, glandular-pubescent +, hairy +  and glabrous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
papillate +
denticulate +
Penstemon heterodoxus var. heterodoxus +
Penstemon heterodoxus +
variety +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
2-ridged +  and inflated +
not constricted +
cylindric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
straight +
pilose +  and glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
cauline +  and proximal +