Penstemon tracyi

Tracy's beardtongue

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Tracy's beardtongue is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the southern Klamath Ranges in northern Trinity County on exposed outcrops at elevations of 2,000 to 2,250 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces delicate flowers with a white to lavender corolla 11 to 13 millimeters long, featuring a distinctively hairy flower floor. Growing as a compact perennial herb 8 to 12 centimeters tall, it develops a low, glabrous form with minimal branching. Its leaves are primarily basal and obovate, with cauline leaves 10 to 20 millimeters long, ovate to nearly round and having a widely wedge-shaped base. The flower's distinctive staminode with a hairy-tufted tip and small, flat-spreading anther sacs provide unique identification characteristics.

Habitat: Exposed outcrops

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 2000-2250 m

Bioregions: s KR (n Trinity Co.).

California counties: Trinity, Siskiyou

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