Penstemon
- noun
- /ˈpɛnstəˌmɒn/
- Specialized
- penstemon flower
- firecracker penstemon
- Penstemon plant
Examples
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"And," imagine finding penstemon this time of year.
Fiction book (1999) -
There's a nice swath of sage, lavender, penstemon, and monkey flower now as opposed to a huge mess.
Blog text (25) -
She also discovers the names for vegetation indigenous to the Palouse: camas and bunchgrass, lupine and paintbrush, Rocky Mountain penstemon and ponderosa pine.
Academic text (1999) -
The colorful, tubular flowers of many penstemon species are often used to attract hummingbirds to gardens.
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Local independent garden centers usually carry a good variety of penstemon, which are popular for their vibrant blooms.
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Another great high-elevation penstemon is P. caespitosus, known for its charming appearance in alpine gardens.
Compounds
A plant that lives many years and has blue to purple flowers at the ends of tall leafy stems
A wildflower that lives for several years and has large pink flowers on rocky cliffs
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A low plant that grows in mats with blue or purple flowers on short stems
A plant with long groups of bright red flowers and yellow hairs on the lower part of the flower
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
A low plant from the western US with small blue-violet flowers in short groups at stem ends
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A plant with narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers that grows in the western United States
A low branching bush with dark green leaves and bright red flowers at the ends of its branches
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A low shrub with dark green leaves and clusters of brick-red flowers at the ends of its branches
A wildflower of western North America with bright pink flowers in clusters above low thick leaves on rocky cliffs
A plant that lives for many years from western North America with clusters of small dark blue-violet flowers
A plant with upright stems and pink-lavender flowers in long clusters, native to Arizona
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A low bushy plant with pale purple flowers in small clusters at the ends of stems
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A flowering plant with narrow leaves and long clusters of blue-violet flowers
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A plant that grows in low mats with bright pink flowers on high rocky slopes
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A plant with fragrant, tube-shaped white to pink flowers in clusters on upright stems that grows in the American Southwest
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A desert flowering plant with tall stems and pink-lavender flowers that grows in Arizona
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A flowering plant with long clusters of red flowers that attract hummingbirds
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A plant that lives many years with bright red tube-shaped flowers in long clusters on tall stems
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A plant that lives many years with upright stems and blue-violet flowers
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A low plant that spreads like a mat with blue and purple flowers
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A plant from western North America that lives for many years with cream flowers and clumping stems
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A low plant with light blue and violet flowers in small clusters near the ends of its stems
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A plant that lives for many years with blue-violet flowers growing in western North America
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A flowering plant from the Pacific Northwest with deep blue or purple flowers at stem tips in moist areas
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A mountain wildflower from the Rocky Mountains with purple to dark flowers
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A wildflower from the western United States with rings of blue-violet flowers near the stem tips
A North American plant with fragrant tube-shaped white to pink flowers in small upright groups
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A low bushy plant with large pale purple flowers in small groups at the ends of its stems
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A wildflower with deep red to purple or black flowers that grows in the Rockies from Montana to New Mexico
Surface Forms
Etymology
Penstemon comes from Greek parts penta ('five') and stemon ('stamen', the part of a flower that makes pollen). A helpful image is the flower's hairy, 'beard-like' stamen that looks like a small tongue inside the tube, so Penstemon are often called 'beardtongues' and have showy, trumpet-shaped flowers.