Penstemon
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Penstemon, the beardtongues, is a large genus of roughly 280 species of flowering plants native to North America from northern Canada to Central America. It is the largest genus of flowering plants en
Penstemon nitidus Patrick Alexander square
A prominent, often hairy, staminode is the most distinctive feature of this genus, as in these Penstemon eriantherus var. whitedii flowers
Firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii)
Davidson's Penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii)
Scrophulariaceae
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The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral or rarely radial symme
Penstemon
…the scientific name, penstemon is also widely used as a common name for all Penstemon species alongside beardtongues. Formerly placed in the family Scrophulariaceae by the Cronquist system, new genetic research has placed it in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae. The total number of species is disagreed upon…
Scrophularia nodosa 8
Leucophyllum frutescens
Verbascum sp. near Shiraz, Iran