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Definition of Penstemon
1. Noun. Large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family, Foxglove Family, Scrophulariaceae
Member holonyms: Golden-beard Penstemon, Penstemon Barbatus, Penstemon Centranthifolius, Scarlet Bugler, Red Shrubby Penstemon, Redwood Penstemon, Penstemon Cyananthus, Platte River Penstemon, Davidson's Penstemon, Penstemon Davidsonii, Hot-rock Penstemon, Penstemon Deustus, Jones' Penstemon, Penstemon Dolius, Lowbush Penstemon, Penstemon Fruticosus, Shrubby Penstemon, Narrow-leaf Penstemon, Penstemon Linarioides, Mountain Pride, Penstemon Newberryi, Balloon Flower, Penstemon Palmeri, Scented Penstemon, Parry's Penstemon, Penstemon Parryi, Cliff Penstemon, Penstemon Rupicola, Rock Penstemon, Penstemon Rydbergii, Rydberg's Penstemon, Cascade Penstemon, Penstemon Serrulatus, Penstemon Whippleanus, Whipple's Penstemon
Definition of Penstemon
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Penstemon'', the beardtongues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penstemon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Penstemon
Literary usage of Penstemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1835)
"Penstemon speciosus. Showy Penstemon. Linnean Class and Order. ... Penstemon speciosum.
Dougl. Mss. Lindl. in hot, rey. t. 1270. Plant perennial, herbaceous ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"2. Penstemon multiflorus Chapm. Penstemon pubescent ... Penstemon multiflorus
Chapm.; Small, Fl. SE Un. St. 1061. 1903. Sandy or gravelly soil, ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Penstemon penstemon (L.) Britt. P Penstemon pallidus Small Beard-tongue Herbaceous
perennial Wet meadows and old fields. ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Beard-tongue Herbaceous perennial Wooded hillsides, moist meadows and roadside
banks. Penstemon penstemon (L.) Britt. P Penstemon pallidus Small ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"Penstemon DIGITALIS Nutt. Flowering from mid-June to early July, fruiting in late
... Introduced from the southwestern Mississippi Valley. 3. Penstemon ..."
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