Species
Penstemon laetus (Mountain blue penstemon)
Penstemon laetus. Photo: (c) Jeb Bjerke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Penstemon laetus is a species of penstemon known by the common names mountain blue penstemon and gay penstemon. It is native to the inland mountains of Oregon and California, where its distribution extends from the Klamath Mountains through the Sierra Nevada to the Transverse Ranges. It grows in forest, scrub, and other local mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb growing erect to about 75 centimeters tall, its base becoming woody. The leaves are linear to…
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