. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 9. FIGWORT FAMILY 14. Pentstemon glaber Pursh. Large Smooth Beard-tongue. Fig. 3768. Pentstemon glaber Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 738. 1814. Glabrous, somewhat glaucous; stem ascending or erect, rather stout, leafy, i°-2° high. Leaves entire, firm, the basal and lower ones narrowed into petioles, the middle ones oblong or oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, sessile,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 9. FIGWORT FAMILY 14. Pentstemon glaber Pursh. Large Smooth Beard-tongue. Fig. 3768. Pentstemon glaber Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 738. 1814. Glabrous, somewhat glaucous; stem ascending or erect, rather stout, leafy, i°-2° high. Leaves entire, firm, the basal and lower ones narrowed into petioles, the middle ones oblong or oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, the upper lanceo- late, acuminate, sessile, scarcely clasping; thyrsus narrow, elongated, densely many-flowered; pedi- cels z"-y" long in fruit; calyx-segments ovate- lanceolate, scarious-margined, abruptly acumi- nate^"-^'long, their margins commonly eroded; corolla blue or purple, i'-ii' long, rather abruptly expanded above the calyx, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, the lobes rounded; sterile filament bearded at the slightly enlarged summit; capsule narrowly ovoid, acute, about twice as long as the calyx. In moist soil, South Dakota to Nebraska, Wyo- ming and Arizona. Far western plants previously referred to this species prove to be distinct. May—Aug. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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