768 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



80. Penstemon Cardwellii Howell. Cardwell's Penstemon. Fig. 4717. 



Penstemon Cardwellii Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 510. 1901. 



Penstemon fruticosus subsp. Cardwellii Piper, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 11: 499. 1906. 



Wide clumps 1-2 or 3 dm. high, glabrous below, the inflorescence sparsely glandular- 

 puberulent. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, evenly and rather remotely serrate or serrulate, 

 1.5-4 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide; raceme strict, few- to several-flowered; calyx 8-12 mm. high, 

 the lobes lanceolate to ovate, acute to attenuate ; corolla bright purple, 25-38 mm. long, 7-12 mm. 

 wide pressed, the ventral ridges villous ; staminode one-half to three-fifths the length of fertile 

 filaments, very slender, yellow-bearded, n = 8. 



Dry wooded slopes, Humid Transition and Canadian Zones; west of the crest of the Cascades, Skamania 

 County, Washington, to Josephine and Curry Counties, Oregon. Type locality: base of Mount Hood. May-Aug. 



81. Penstemon Newberryi A. Gray. Mountain Pride. Fig. 4718. 



Penstemon Newberryi A. Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 6': 82. pi. 14. 1857. 



Penstemon Menciesii var. Robinsonii Masters, Card. Chron. 1872: 969. /. 227. 1872. 



Penstemon Menziesii var. Newberryi A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2^: 259. 1878. 



Stems woody below, decumbent or creeping, forming mats 1.5-3 dm. high, glabrous or 

 feebly pruinose below the glandular-pubescent inflorescence, green or glaucescent. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, obtuse, mostly short-petioled, serrulate, the larger 1.5-4 cm. long, 

 8-16 mm. wide, much reduced on the flowering stems ; raceme short, dense, subsecund ; calyx 

 7-12 mm. high, the lobes narrowly to broadly lanceolate, attenuate or acuminate; corolla rose- 

 red, 22-30 mm. long, 5-8 mm. wide pressed, the throat only slightly dilated, the ventral ridges 

 rather stiffly and densely bearded with short hairs ; anthers exserted ; staminode three-fourths 

 the length of fertile filaments, very slender, yellow-bearded, n = 8. 



Rock ledges and gravelly slopes, Transition Zone to Boreal Zone; California, from Mount Shasta through 

 the higher Sierra Nevada to Tulare County; adjacent Nevada. Type locality: "Mt. St. Joseph's" (near Mount 

 Lassen). June— Aug. 



Penstemon Newberryi subsp. Berryi (Eastw.) Keck. (.Penstemon Berryi Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 32: 

 209. 1905.) Corolla 27-33 mm. long, 8-12 mm. wide pressed, the throat more ampliate, the ventral ridges 

 within bearded with longer more flexuous hairs; anthers included. Transition and Canadian Zones; Josephine 

 County, Oregon, to Humboldt and Glenn Counties, California. Type locality; Canyon Creek, Trinity County, 

 California. 



Penstemon Newberryi subsp. sonomensis (Greene) Keck. (Penstemon sonomensis Greene, Pittonia 2: 

 218. 1891; P. Newberryi \zr. sonomensis Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Calif. 401. 1901.) Floral leaves scarcely reduced 

 in size; inflorescence very compact; corolla dark rose-purple. Peaks of Lake, Napa, and Sonoma Counties, 

 California. Type locality: summit of Hood's Peak, Sonoma County. 



82. Penstemon rupicola (Piper) Howell. Rock Penstemon. Fig. 4719. 



Ptnstemon Newberryi var. rupicola Piper, Bull. Torrey Club 27 : 397. 1900. 

 Penstemon rupicola Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 510. 1901. 



Depressed mats, woody at base, with flowering stems mostly less than 1 dm. high, glabrous, 

 or the stems, petioles, and under surface of leaves in particular more or less densely canescent, 

 the inflorescence glandular-pubescent, the herbage usually very glaucous. Leaves elliptic to 

 orbicular, very thick, all but the much-reduced floral leaves petioled, serrate-denticulate, 8-20 

 mm. long, 6-12 mm. wide; raceme condensed, few-flowered; calyx 6-10 mm. high, the lobes 

 lanceolate to oblong, long-acuminate to acute ; corolla deep rose, 27-35 mm. long, 8-12 mm. 

 wide pressed, the throat moderately dilated, the ventral ridges sparsely villous ; anthers slightly 

 exserted; staminode one-half to three-fourths the length of fertile filaments, very feebly to densely 

 bearded at the filiform tip. n = 8. 



Rock clefts, Transition Zone to Canadian Zone; both slopes of the Cascades from central Washington to 

 northernmost California. Type locality: Mount Rainier. May-Aug. 



83. Penstemon Menziesii Hook. Creeping Penstemon. Fig. 4720. 



Penstemon Menziesii Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2:98. 1838. 



Creeping mats, woody at base, with flowering stems less than 1 dm. high, the stems puberu- 

 lent. Leaves elliptic to orbicular, very thick, more or less glandular-punctate, glabrous, green, 

 more or less serrate-denticulate, 5-15 mm. long, 4-7 mm. wide; raceme few-flowered, glandular- 

 pubescent; calyx 7-11 mm. high, the lobes linear-lanceolate to broadly lanceolate; corolla 

 purple-violet, 25-35 mm. long, 7-12 mm. wide pressed, the throat moderately dilated, the ventral 

 ridges sparsely to rather densely villous ; anthers included ; staminode very short, barely one- 

 half as long as fertile filaments, well-bearded, n = 8. 



Rocky ledges, Hudsonian Zone; north coast of British Columbia south through the Cascades and coastal 

 ranges to Kittitas and Lewis Counties, Washington. Type locality: Nutka, Vancouver Island. June-Aug. 



Penstemon Menziesii subsp. Davidsonii (Greene) Piper, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 11:499. 1906. (Pen- 

 stemon Davidsonii Greene, Pittonia 2: 241. 1892; P. Menziesii (var.) Davidsonii Piper, Mazama 2: 99. 1901.) 

 Leaves all entire; corolla 18-35 mm. long. Boreal Zones; Mount Rainier, Washington, south through the Cas- 

 cades and Sierra Nevada (also in Steen Mountains, Oregon) to Tulare County, California, and in adjacent 

 Nevada. Type locality: Mount Conness, California. 



Penstemon Menziesii subsp. Thompsonii Pennell & Keck. Plants larger and coarser, forming relatively 

 lax mats, the flowering stems up to 1.5 dm. high; leaves all entire or very nearly so, 12-25 mm. long, 4-10 mm. 

 wide; corolla 25-38 mm. long. Rocky slopes, Transition Zone to Hudsonian Zone; east of the crest of the 

 Cascades from Okanogan County to Kittitas County, Washington. 



Procumbens et repens, usque ad 15 cm. altus; foliis plerisque integerrimis glabris crassis oblanceolatis usque 

 ad late ovalibus vel subrotundatis 12-25 mm. longis 4-10 mm. latis; corolla 25-38 mm. longa. 



Type collected on rocky outcrops at head of Beverly Creek, Chelan County, Washington, at 5,200 feet 

 elevation, /. William Thompson 6614 (Dudley Herbarium). 



