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089-keckiella_breviflora1757mtn50-650

Bush Beardtongue
Keckiella breviflora (=Penstemon breviflorus)
Plantaginaceae (=Scrophulariaceae)


"Keckiella includes a small number of shrubs formerly placed in Penstemon
and separable from it by small differences in flower structure." [—from Oscar Clarke]

Named for David Daniels Keck, 20th century American botanist,
Director of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and expert
on Penstemon among others

breviflora - small flower


089-keckiella_breviflora1757mtn50-650

089-keckiella_breviflora1757mtn50-650

Above: M50

Below: Mtn99

089-keckiella_breviflora1757mtn50-650

089-keckiella_breviflora1757mtn50-650

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