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Penstemon spectabilis (showy penstemon)

Synonyms: Penstemon spectabilis spectabilis; Penstemon spectabilis typicus; Penstemon spectabilis var. gilmanii; Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis

Wikipedia Abstract

Penstemon spectabilis is a species of penstemon known by the common name showy penstemon. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in the chaparral, scrub, and woodlands of the coastal mountain ranges.
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Infraspecies

Penstemon spectabilis var. subinteger
Penstemon spectabilis var. subviscosus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Predators

Penstemonia dammersi[4]
Penstemonia hennei[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0