Penstemon barnebyi
North American native perennial in Plantaginaceae, about 30 cm tall, with tubular light purple flowers featuring a purple-striped white throat and orange-hairy staminode, a hairy herb native to California and Nevada that grows in sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, described in 1979 by N. H. Holmgren with a holotype in NY, glandular-hairy inflorescences, and globally rare (G3G4) as well as California S1
Common Names
Barneby's Beardtongue, White River Valley Beardtongue
Summary
Barneby’s beardtongue is a native, herbaceous perennial of California and Nevada, typically found in sagebrush scrub and pinyon juniper woodland. It forms erect, retrorsely hairy stems up to 30 cm tall with opposite, lance-shaped basal and cauline leaves. The inflorescence is 2 to 10 cm long with 3 to 8 groups of tubular flowers 10 to 14 mm long; blossoms are violet externally, blue toward the ends, with a white throat striped with purple and yellowish hairs, and a protruding staminode bearing orange hairs.
In cultivation, it is used in containers and for wildlife support, attracting hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
2-12 inches
Soil Type
Gravelly dry washes, calcareous silt soils
Soil Drainage
Well-drained
Bloom Color
Yellow, Purple, Violet
Growth Rate
Not specified
Attracts Wildlife
Attracts bees, hummingbirds, butterflies
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- N.H.Holmgren
- Publication
- Brittonia 31: 226 (1979)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Penstemon