Penstemon rupicola

Penstemon rupicola
Penstemon rupicola in Mount Rainier National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Penstemon
Species:	P. rupicola
Binomial name
Penstemon rupicola (Piper) T.J.Howell

Penstemon rupicola is a species of penstemon known by the common name cliff beardtongue. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it grows in rocky mountainous habitat. It is a clumpy, mat-forming subshrub growing no more than 14 centimeters high. The thick, waxy, oppositely arranged leaves are round or oval and up to 2 centimeters long. The showy wide-mouthed tubular flowers emerging from the mat may be nearly 4 centimeters in length and are shades of light purple to bright pink.

External links

Media related to Penstemon rupicola at Wikimedia Commons

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Washington Burke Museum
• Photo gallery