Definition of penstemon Penstemon
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WordNet
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| penstemon - large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America | ||
| genus Penstemon | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| family scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, scrophulariaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales | ||
| golden-beard penstemon, penstemon barbatus plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip | ||
| penstemon centranthifolius, scarlet bugler plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward | ||
| red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California | ||
| penstemon cyananthus, platte river penstemon erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming | ||
| davidson's penstemon, penstemon davidsonii mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California | ||
| hot-rock penstemon, penstemon deustus stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah | ||
| jones' penstemon, penstemon dolius low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah | ||
| lowbush penstemon, penstemon fruticosus, shrubby penstemon low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems | ||
| narrow-leaf penstemon, penstemon linarioides plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona | ||
| mountain pride, penstemon newberryi mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California | ||
| balloon flower, penstemon palmeri, scented penstemon fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah | ||
| parry's penstemon, penstemon parryi erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona | ||
| cliff penstemon, penstemon rupicola, rock penstemon one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California | ||
| penstemon rydbergii, rydberg's penstemon plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado | ||
| cascade penstemon, penstemon serrulatus whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon | ||
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Wiktionary 
- penstemon (Noun)
Any of the genus , the beardtongues.
