Colorado Springs, Colorado 
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PACHYSTIMA myrsinites, Mountain Lover. Smooth opposite leaves; 
a dwarf evergreen shrub. Woodsy shade. Plants only. 
PARNASSIA, Grass of Parnassus. Moist meadows. 
parviflora. Small starry white flowers on slender stems, basal round¬ 
ish leaves. 6 inches. Seed only. 
PARONYCHIA pulvinata, Whitlow-wort. A gray-green cushion with 
inconspicuous white flowers, from a woody root; alpine. Plants 
only. 
PEDICUEARIS groenlandica (Elephantella). Staffs adorned with tiny 
reddish purple elephant heads; fern-like foliage. Bog plants, hard 
to establish. 
PENTSTEMON, Beardtongue. Most of these pentstemons are found on 
neutral or alkali soil, which seems to give them clear complexion. 
On acid soil the color tends to muddiness. 
alpinus. Profuse spikes bearing flowers of clear deep ultramarine. 
ambiguus, Prairie Fairy. Delicate pink flowers, flax-like. A graceful 
plant and strikingly different. 1 ft. 
angustifolia. Flowers of dazzling deep turquoise intensified by linear 
gray-blue foliage. 
barbatus. Fire Cracker. Flame red, fascinates the humming birds. 
brandegii. A large edition of P. alpina, but less intense blue. 
caespitosus. Flowers of sky-blue from flat mats of leathery leaves. 
Plants only. 
crandallii. Brilliant with the loveliest turquoise upturned flowers, 
filiform gray-green foliage on wiry stems. A low spreading plant* 
fairest of the family for the rock garden. 
glaucus stenosepalus. Interesting dull purple flowers, occasional off- 
white ones. 
grandifloms. Large lavender-blue flowers; a strong plant. 3 ft. 
humilis. Small blue flowers with a touch of lavender, slender stems 
from dark green mats. Lovely in drifts emerging from pine woods. 
jamesii. Pinky lavender; linear foliage; a dry plains variety. 1 ft. 
procerus. Clustered Pentstemon, Small deep blue-violet whorls. 8 to 
10 inches. 
rydbergii. Similar to procerus, but more robust. 
secundiflorus. Bright blue, open-faced flowers; now and again a 
pink variety. Another good one from dry plains. 
spectabilis. Clear rose pink flowers, glaucous foliage. 2 ft. 
unilateralis. Many flowered, blue-lavender, short tubes with broad 
lips. Also a good clear pink variant. 
PERICOME caudata. Small yellow heads, a bushy composite; from 
rocky canons. 3 ft. Seed only. 
PETAEOSTAMEN purpureus. Prairie Clover. Dense terminal spikes of 
rosy purple. 1 ft 
PHACEEIA, Purple Fringe. 
sericea. Racemes of brilliant purple with extended bright yellow 
anthers. Alpine, 10 inches. 
Pentstemons demand a dry, gravelly sunny place. 
