Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Penstemon pseudospectabilis M.E. Jones subsp. connatifolius (A. Nelson) Keck
(Desert Beardtongue)

Family: Plantaginaceae, formerly Scrophulariaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Penstemon connatifolius A. Nelson
Penstemon spectabilis Wooton & Standley, not Thurber

Penstemon pseudospectabilis subsp. connatifolius blooms in the late Spring with pink flowers on many light green stems all arising from a single base. The leaves are light green, connate around the stem, and serrulate. Penstemon pseudospectabilis subsp. connatifolius is found around flowing water at middle elevation.
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Penstemon pseudospectabilis subsp. connatifolius, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Whitewater Creek, May 14, 2005

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