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§1 Plant
Penstemon cyaneus Pennell
vernacular blue penstemon — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Penstemon
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 30 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 30 counties across 3 states/territories.
Idaho view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Owyhee 16073
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PECY3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171500 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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