Penstemon barnebyi

Plant Information
Species: 
barnebyi
Species Authority: 
N H. Holmgren
Subgenus: 
Penstemon
Section: 
Cristati
Habit:
 
herbaceous perennial
Habit Woodiness:
 
herb
Lifespan: 
long-lived
Plant Height - Min: 
0.60dm
Plant Height - Max: 
2.00dm
Habitat Description: 
In sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities.
Distribution Range: 
Endemic to east-central Nev. from the s. half of White Pine Co. to n. Lincoln Co. and nc. Nye County.
Soil Type: 
Alluvial gravels or silts derived from limestone.
Elevation - Min: 
1500.00m
Elevation - Max: 
2500.00m
Common Name: 
Barneby's Beardtongue
Other Notes: 

"Like P. janishiae, this species has been split off from what has been referred to P. miser." - Holmgren (1984)

Noel Holmgren named this species in honor of Rupert Barnebyi (1911 - 2000), a taxonomist from the New York Botanical Garden. It is closely allied to P. miser and P. janishiae, another species split from P. miser. There is quite a bit of morphological variation in P. barnebyi across its range. The photos posted here are from two populations separated by more than 100 miles. I've posted the photos sequentially for each character, with the northern population (collected north of I-80) first. The northern population was more purple in coloration and lacked the extreme pigmentation within the corolla that was present in the southern population (collected near Ely, NV). - Andi Wolfe (2017)

All photos by Andi Wolfe ©2017 - All Rights Reserved. If you would like to use any of these photos, contact Andi Wolfe at Ohio State University.

(https://eeob.osu.edu/people/wolfe.205)

First Bloom: 
Late May
Last Bloom: 
June
References: 

Holmgren NH. 1984. Penstemon and Keckiella. In Intermountain Flora, vol. 4. Ed. Arthur Cronquist et al. Bronx: The New York Botanical Garden.