Penstemon (3)
 | Scree Penstemon Penstemon harbourii Family: Plantain (Plantaginaceae) AKA: Photo taken on: July 16, 2004 Location: Poverty Gulch, GV, CO Life Zones: Subalpine to alpine Habitat: Scree and rocky areas Grows in a spreading fashion at high elevations with wedge-shaped, light green leaves and large (1" long), showy purple flowers. |
 | Creeping Penstemon Penstemon caespitosus Family: Plantain (Plantaginaceae) AKA: Mat Penstemon Photo taken on: July 10, 2008 Location: Taylor Canyon, GV, CO Life Zones: Foothills to montane Habitat: Dry rocky areas, sagebrush Forms low mats up to 3ft across with short (to ½"), narrow, finely hairy leaves and numerous flowers at the end of the stems. It spreads by slender, prostrate, creeping stems. |
 | Crandall's Beardtongue Penstemon crandallii Family: Plantain (Plantaginaceae) AKA: Blue Pineleaf Beardtongue Photo taken on: July 18, 2013 Location: CO 114, N of Cochetopa Pass, CO Life Zones: Foothills to montane Habitat: Dry rocky areas Grows upright, not in mats, to 8". Leaves are narrow, hairless and longer (to 1") than P. caespitosus. The flowers grow on one side of the stem. The sterile stamen is bright orange and hairy, the same as the other species on this page. |
Blue/Purple Round Clusters