penstemon
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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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | asterid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | penstemon centranthifolius, scarlet bugler, |
| definition | : | plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon, |
| definition | : | low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | davidson's penstemon, penstemon davidsonii, |
| definition | : | mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | hot-rock penstemon, penstemon deustus, |
| definition | : | stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | jones' penstemon, penstemon dolius, |
| definition | : | low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | mountain pride, penstemon newberryi, |
| definition | : | mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cliff penstemon, penstemon rupicola, rock penstemon, |
| definition | : | one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | penstemon rydbergii, rydberg's penstemon, |
| definition | : | plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cascade penstemon, penstemon serrulatus, |
| definition | : | whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | penstemon whippleanus, whipple's penstemon, |
| definition | : | wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico (noun.plant) |
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