Penstemon heterophyllus information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Penstemon heterophyllus Lindl.

Genus: Penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae tribe: Cheloneae. Also placed in: Scrophulariaceae Veronicaceae
Nomen number: 408212
Place of publication: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1899. 1836
Name verified on: 03-Apr-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-May-2007
Species priority site is: Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

vårpenstemon (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

Abrams, L. 1944. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states.
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Penstemon heterophyllus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Penstemon heterophyllus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Penstemon heterophyllus.

Check other web resources for Penstemon heterophyllus Lindl.:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?408212 (24 May 2013)

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