English > Penstemon: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America. |
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| Synonym | genus Penstemon |
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| Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
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| Members | Davidson's penstemon, Penstemon davidsonii | mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems |
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| Jones' penstemon, Penstemon dolius | Low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems |
| Parry's penstemon, Penstemon parryi | Erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters |
| Platte River penstemon, Penstemon cyananthus | Erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems |
| Rydberg's penstemon, Penstemon rydbergii | plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers |
| Whipple's penstemon, Penstemon whippleanus | wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems |
| balloon flower, scented penstemon, Penstemon palmeri | fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems |
| cascade penstemon, Penstemon serrulatus | whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems |
| golden-beard penstemon, Penstemon barbatus | plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip |
| hot-rock penstemon, Penstemon deustus | stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers |
| mountain pride, Penstemon newberryi | mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems |
| narrow-leaf penstemon, Penstemon linarioides | plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters |
| red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon | Low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches |
| rock penstemon, cliff penstemon, Penstemon rupicola | One of the West's most beautiful wildflowers |
| scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius | plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems |
| shrubby penstemon, lowbush penstemon, Penstemon fruticosus | Low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | genus penstemon, penstemon |
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| Catalan | genus penstemon, penstemon |
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