Penstemon clevelandii var. mohavensis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Penstemon clevelandii A. Gray var. mohavensis (D. D. Keck) McMinn

Mohave beard's tongue, Mojave beardtongue

2018 Lisa Schauer

Penstemon clevelandii var. mohavensis is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~25 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Penstemon clevelandii
Genus:	Penstemon
Family:	Plantaginaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


OTHER	Penstemon clevelandii ssp. mohavensis
PLANTS	Penstemon clevelandii ssp. mohavensis

Information about Penstemon clevelandii var. mohavensis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PECLM2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/15/2025).