I. SPECIES INFORMATION 



1. Classification and nomenclature. 



A. Species. 



1. Scientific name. 



a. Binomial: Penstemon lemhiensis (Keck) 

 Keck and Cronguist. 



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b. Full bibliographic citation: Keck, D.D., 

 and A. Cronguist. 1957. Studies in 

 Penstemon - IX. Notes on northwestern 

 American species. Brittonia 8: 248. 



c. Type specimen: Granite Mountain, Lemhi 

 County, Idaho, July 1, 1937, Ray F. Blair 

 s.n. (Dudley Herbarium, Stanford 

 University) . 



2. Pertinent synonym: Penstemon speciosus Dougl. 

 ssp. lemhiensis Keck (Keck 1940) . 



3. Common names: Lemhi beardtongue, Lemhi 

 penstemon. 



4. Taxon codes: PDSCR1L3N0 (The Nature 

 Conservancy); 7764, PENLEM (U.S. Forest 

 Service, Region 1) . 



5. Size of genus: Penstemon lemhiensis is one of 

 approximately 250 species in the genus; most of 

 these species occur in the western United 

 States (Cronguist et al. 1984) . 



B. Family classification. 



1. Family name: Scrophulariaceae. 



2. Pertinent family synonym: None. 



3. Common names for the family: Figwort Family, 

 Snapdragon Family. 



C. Major plant group: Dicotyledoneae. 



D. History of knowledge of taxon: Penstemon lemhiensis 

 was first collected in 192 0, in Lemhi County, Idaho, 

 by E.B. and L.B. Payson ( 1975 , ID). Subseguent 

 collections from the same county were made by R.F. 

 Blair in 1936, 1937 and 1938 (Keck 1940), and in 



