Penstemon floridus

Panamint beardtongue

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Panamint beardtongue is a California native perennial herb found in desert mountain ranges in rocky habitats at elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces rose-pink flowers with strongly lined corollas 21 to 30 millimeters long, creating a distinctive and elegant display. Growing with tall stems 50 to 120 centimeters high, the plant has a glaucous appearance with thick, glabrous herbage. Its leaves are thick and distinctive, with distal cauline leaves being lanceolate or ovate, cordate-clasping, and generally dentate toward the tips. The plant's unique floral structure includes glandular-hairy inflorescences and a calyx with ovate lobes 4.2 to 6.2 millimeters long.

California counties: Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino, Ventura

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.