Penstemon discolor
Penstemon discolor
Penstemon discolor
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CATALINA BEARDTONGUE<strong>Penstemon</strong> <strong>discolor</strong>Small woody shrub, 19-35 cmtall, rooted in bedrockflower is white, tingedwith lavender, 8-14mm longleaves 5-8mm long,fleshy; leaves,narrowlyoblanceolate,crowded onlower part ofstem, widelyspaced aboveScrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family)Phenology: flowers in June-July, fruiting in August.Management Responsibility: USFS (Coronado NF), BLM (Safford FieldOffice).Notes: some populations threatened by rock climbers. Monitored populationin the Santa Catalinas has been stableReferences: AGFD, 1998cc. Phillips, A.M. et al, 1982n.
<strong>Penstemon</strong> <strong>discolor</strong>Sue Rutman/FWSHabitat: bedrockopenings in chaparralor pine-oak woodlandat 4,400-7,200ft (1340-2200 m)elevation. Plantsrooted in rock cracksor thin soil pocketson granite bedrock oroutcroppings of whitishvolcanic tuff.Sue Rutman/FWSRange: Dragoon, Santa Catalina,Atascosa, Tumacacori, SantaTeresa, Winchester and Galiuromountains.
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