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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Penstemon eatonii
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Firecracker penstemon

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Penstemon eatonii

ALSO KNOWN AS

Eaton's Firecracker, Eaton's penstemon

Plant family

Plantain (Plantaginaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Penstemon eatonii is a species in the Plantaginaceae (Plantain) family. It is native to the western United States from California to the Rocky Mountains, where it grows in many types of desert, woodland, forest, and open plateau habitat.
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Identification hints

It is a perennial herb producing several sprawling to erect stems reaching a maximum of one meter in height. The leaves, found mostly in the basal rosette, are lance-shaped to oval, untoothed, and up to 9 centimeters in length. The flower cluster produces showy tubular flowers in shades of bright red, sometimes exceeding 3 centimeters in length. The flower is narrow and cylindrical, not spreading much at the mouth.
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DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
There is no information available about this species.
HABITAT
Mesas; fields; roadsides; dry, rocky slopes at lower elevations
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
The leaves, found mostly in the basal rosette, are lance-shaped to oval, untoothed, and up to 9 centimeters in length.
Flowers
The flower cluster produces showy tubular flowers in shades of bright red, sometimes exceeding 3 centimeters in length. The flower is narrow and cylindrical, not spreading much at the mouth.
Fruits
Fruit forms a greenish capsule filled with small seeds.
Bloom Time
May through August

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