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Penstemon thurberi is a species of penstemon known by the common name Thurber's beardtongue. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of desert and mountain habitat, including sandy flats, chaparral, scrub, and woodlands. It is a shrub growing erect and somewhat rounded in form, reaching around 80 centimeters in maximum height. Many slender stems emerge from its woody base. The leaves are narrow, linear in shape, with edges rolled upward nearly into a tube. The long flower cluster bears funnel-shaped lavender, pink, or pale blue-purple flowers up to 1.5 centimeters in length.
Perennial herb
8 - 31 in Tall
Pink, Purple, Lavender, Blue
Spring, Summer
Containers
Full Sun
Fast
Sandy and gravelly slopes and mesas, in, or s
Chaparral, Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 9 likely
Verbena Bud Moth
Endothenia hebesana
Anicia Checkerspot
Euphydryas anicia
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona