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Definition of Penstemon barbatus
1. Noun. Plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Penstemon, Penstemon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penstemon Barbatus
Literary usage of Penstemon barbatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1894)
"Observing it entering the tube flowers of penstemon barbatus, I closed the mouth
of the tube and prevented its egress. In two months we had caught three ..."
2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"Chief of these are: penstemon barbatus, abundant in Colorado, varying in color
from flesh and pale-pink to carmine; ..."
3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1860)
"A native of New Mexico and the northwestern part of Texas, nearly related to the
old penstemon barbatus of the gardens, and probably only a geographical ..."
4. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"... black markings Goliath scarlet Mrs. Perry salmon rose Many new rose, salmon
and mulberry shades. penstemon barbatus Torreyi Coral drops ..."
5. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, Nevada Historical Society (1880)
"penstemon barbatus and P. argutus. The former has panicles of drooping, scarlet
flowers, the latter a profusion of purple flowers. ..."
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