Appearance
General: Plants tufted from a stout, branched, and woody base, the stems 1-4 dm. tall; inflorescence always glandular-hairy, the rest of the plant varying from glandular-hairy to glabrous.Leaves: Leaves opposite, usually sharply serrate, sometimes most of them entire; basal leaves well-developed, up to 10 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, the blades elliptic to ovate, equaling the petiole; cauline leaves sessile, triangular-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, smaller than the basal leaves.
Flowers: Inflorescence of several compact verticillasters; calyx 3-6 mm. long, the 5 segments broadly lanceolate; corolla deep blue or lavender, 11-16 mm. long, the tube slightly expanded, 2.5-5 mm. wide at the mouth, the throat paler and marked with guide lines, glandular-hairy externally, the raised portion of the lower lip bearded; pollen sacs glabrous, dehiscent throughout and becoming opposite; staminode with a bearded tip.
Fruits: Capsule 5-7 mm. long, glabrous.
Distribution
Chiefly on the east slope of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to Washington.Habitat
Open, rocky places from the valleys and plains to moderate elevations in the mountains, and in the scablands in Washington.References:
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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.phphttp://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/penstemon-pruinosus
