RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:POM)
59882add-eb52-404e-9803-e3ad8554878e
194879
Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis (Greene) N. Holmgren
Plantaginaceae
D. D. Keck
291
1927-07-10
William M. Heusi
United States, California, Tuolumne, 3 miles north of Aspen Valley Lodge, Tioga Road.
2210 meters
7250ft.
This rather dry meadow from a short distance appears to be solid blue for an acre with this plant. [Plants to 3.5 dm high, spreading, some with 30 flower stalks; inflorescences bearing 2-4 whorls; corollas with sky-blue lobes and blue-purple tubes, lower lip pubescent within for 2-3 mm. with yellowish hairs, upper lip glabrous; calyx lobes recurving both in bud and fruit; filaments purple or whitish; style purple.]