YELEOW PENT STEMON 
Pentstemon confertus Douglas 
Yellow pentstemon is a graceful member of the Figwort Family. 
In congenial surroundings it is very plentiful, although inconspicu- 
ous on account of the pale coloring of its flowets, which are grouped 
in several whorls along the stem. Altitude affects the plant greatly; 
in the lower valleys it may grow to a height of two feet, but at a 
high elevation the stem is only a few inches tall. Yellow flowers are 
tare among the pentstemons, which ate represented in the Rocky 
Mountains bya number of species, most of them with white or purple 
blossoms. 
This pentstemon extends from Wyoming to California, and north- 
ward to Alberta and British Columbia. 
The plant sketched grew in the valley of Cataract Creek near Hec- 
tor, British Columbia, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. 
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