Penstemon pinifolius Greene

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Penstemon pinifolius' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/penstemon/penstemon-pinifolius/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
ovary
Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
acute
Sharply pointed.
apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
apiculate
With a short sharp point.
exserted
Protruding; pushed out.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
glandular
Bearing glands.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
petiole
Leaf stalk.
style
Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Penstemon pinifolius' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/penstemon/penstemon-pinifolius/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A dwarf, spreading shrub 4 to 12 in. high (up to 2 ft high in the wild), 3 ft or more wide. Leaves needle-like, 38 to 1 in. long, sharply pointed, narrowed at the base to a short indistinct petiole, glabrous. Flowers borne in August in terminal racemose or narrowly paniculate inflorescences 2 to 412 in. long, on pedicels 18 to 316 in. long, densely glandular-downy. Calyx about 316 in. long, divided to about half-way into five narrow, triangular-acute or ovate, long-apiculate lobes, glandular-downy. Corolla about 1 in. long, scarlet, narrowly tubular at the base, divided at the top into five oblong lobes rounded at the apex, three of them narrow, the other two broader. Stamens exserted from the throat but overtopped by the lobes. Ovary glabrous; style slender, exserted beyond the stamens.

Native of the S.W. United States in Arizona and New Mexico, extending into Mexico; introduced to Britain by Mrs Crewsdon, who received seeds from Dr Worth of the USA shortly before 1951. It is perfectly hardy in full sun and a well-drained soil.