Penstemon


Definition: Meaning of, Penstemon in English to English dictionary.

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  1. 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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Penstemon used in phrases

  • Davidson's penstemon (noun)
    1. mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
  • Jones' penstemon (noun)
    1. low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
  • Parry's penstemon (noun)
    1. erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona
  • Penstemon barbatus (noun)
    1. plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
  • Penstemon centranthifolius (noun)
    1. plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
  • Penstemon cyananthus (noun)
    1. erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming
  • Penstemon davidsonii (noun)
    1. mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
  • Penstemon deustus (noun)
    1. stems in clumps with cream-coloured flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah
  • Penstemon dolius (noun)
    1. low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
  • Penstemon fruticosus (noun)
    1. low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
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