Platte River penstemon
- noun
- Specialized
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penstemon del río Platte
- The Platte River penstemon blooms each spring in the dry hills of Wyoming.
Examples
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Botanists surveyed the Platte River penstemon populations to monitor their health.
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The Platte River penstemon thrives in sandy soils.
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I photographed a Platte River penstemon while hiking near the Idaho-Utah border.
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You can find the Platte River penstemon in Colorado.
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The Platte River penstemon blooms each spring in the dry hills of Wyoming.
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I photographed a Platte River penstemon while hiking near the Idaho-Utah border.
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You can find the Platte River penstemon in Colorado.
Synonyms
A plant that lives many years with upright stems and blue-violet flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names a specific plant by combining a place name ('Platte River') with the genus name ('penstemon'), so the meaning — a penstemon associated with the Platte River region — is directly inferable from the parts. This place-name + species naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and therefore readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Platte River penstemon gets its name from where the flower was first found, along the Platte River, and penstemon is a type of wildflower. So the name means 'the penstemon that grows by the Platte River', which helps you remember it is an upright plant with blue-violet flowers.
