Calflora: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii

Penstemon davidsonii E. Greene var. davidsonii

Davidson's Beardtongue, Davidson's penstemon

Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields
Elevation:	between 9000 and 12300 feet
Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Penstemon found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Penstemon davidsonii.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Penstemon menziesii ssp. davidsonii
PLANTS:	Penstemon menziesii ssp. thompsonii

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 4 / 3 CCH El Dorado: 5 / 4 CCH Fresno: 21 / 21 CCH Inyo: 14 / 10 CCH Kern: 2 / 2 CCH Lassen: 3 / 2 CCH Madera: 4 / 4 CCH Mono: 31 / 26 CCH Modoc: 24 / 24 CCH Mariposa: 7 / 7 CCH Plumas: 1 / 1 CCH Shasta: 24 / 19 CCH Siskiyou: 28 / 26 CCH Trinity: 1 / 0 CCH Tulare: 24 / 22 CCH Tuolumne: 23 / 22 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (PEDAD)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database