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Short Stalk Penstemon

Penstemon parvulus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 23, February 20, March 21, April 26, May 25, June 18, July 22, August 16, September 20, October 21, November 27, December 20.
United States308
California251
Oregon36
Nevada20
Idaho1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyPlantain Family · Plantaginaceae
Genusbeardtongues · Penstemon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Short Stalk Penstemon with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.