The leaves are longer than wide and usually toothed. The plants are typically low and rounded, with woody stems, and the flowers very prominent.
Author: Susan McDougall
Stevens Canyon, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7707, -121.6885, 3778
Date: June 4, 2014
The blue-violet flowers of this uncommon penstemon are arranged in a raceme; there may be as many as 10 in a group. This species grows from middle to the higher subalpine zone (7,000 feet).
Author: Susan McDougall
Stevens Canyon, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7707, -121.6885, 3778
Date: June 4, 2014
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