Palmer's penstemon

Penstemon palmeri

Summary 4

Penstemon palmeri, the Palmer's penstemon, is a perennial penstemon notable for its showy, rounded flowers, and for being one of the few scented penstemons. The plant, in the Plantaginaceae family, is named after the botanist Edward Palmer.

Description 5

Penstemon palmeri, Palmer's penstemon, grows erect and may reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) height. The leaves are generally oppositely arranged and have toothed margins. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme with small bracts.

The flower has a five-lobed calyx of sepals and a cylindrical corolla which may have an expanded throat. The staminode is partially hairy. The showy, rounded flower has large pink to violet to blue-purple petals and is fragrant, which distinguishes it from other, similar-looking penstemon. Occasional specimens are red, yellow, or white flowered.

There are three Penstemon palmeri varieties:

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  1. (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/28867468@N08/5274197207
  2. (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe
  3. (c) lonnyholmes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lonnyholmes
  4. Adapted by Jeny Davis from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstemon_palmeri
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstemon_palmeri

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