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Penstemon newberryi

Penstemon newberryi

9.9
A plant that grows in low mats with bright pink flowers on high rocky slopes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Penstemon newberryi
  • While hiking above the tree line, we encountered a patch of Penstemon newberryi thriving among granite boulders.

Examples

  • The brilliant pink flowers of Penstemon newberryi stand out on rocky slopes during early summer.

  • Gardeners in California prize Penstemon newberryi for its hardiness and showy blooms.

  • The Penstemon newberryi blooms beautifully in June.

  • Have you seen the Penstemon newberryi in the garden?

  • The brilliant pink flowers of Penstemon newberryi stand out on rocky slopes during early summer.

  • Gardeners in California prize Penstemon newberryi for its hardiness and showy blooms.

  • While hiking above the tree line, we encountered a patch of Penstemon newberryi thriving among granite boulders.

Synonyms

mountain pride
vsPenstemon newberryi
  • US
9.9

A low plant with deep pink flowers that grows on rocky mountain slopes

is identical in form and habitat but is the scientific species name
Penstemon rupicola
vsPenstemon newberryi
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant with bright pink flowers that grows on rocky cliffs

is specific to high elevation sites from Oregon to California
rock penstemon
vsPenstemon newberryi
  • US
9.9

A wildflower of western North America with bright pink flowers in clusters above low thick leaves on rocky cliffs

has flowers on short erect leafy stems rather than clustered above the mat
cliff penstemon
vsPenstemon newberryi
  • US
9.9

A wildflower that lives for several years and has large pink flowers on rocky cliffs

is found at high elevations and shows short erect leafy stems

Surface Forms

Penstemon newberryi singular
Penstemon newberryis plural

Morphology

Penstemon + newberryi

The first element 'Penstemon' names a plant genus, so a learner who knows that term can infer this is a type/species of that plant; however the second element 'newberryi' is a Latinized epithet with no lexical meaning for a B1 learner and does not reveal the specific traits. Knowledge of binomial taxonomic naming (not typical at B1) is needed to fully interpret the construction, so the transparency is partial rather than fully transparent or opaque.

Etymology

Penstemon newberryi takes its name from Penstemon, a word from Greek meaning 'five stamens' because each flower has five little parts that make 'pollen', and newberryi honors the explorer Newberry who collected the plant in the American West. So the name points to the flower's shape and the person who found it.