Penstemon ellipticus
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| Penstemon ellipticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Penstemon |
| Species: | P. ellipticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Penstemon ellipticus J.M.Coult. & Fisher | |
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Penstemon ellipticus, commonly called rocky ledge penstemon, is a species of penstemon from the Rocky Mountains in the northwest US and western Canada.
Taxonomy
Penstemon ellipticus was scientifically described and named by John Merle Coulter and Elmon McLean Fisher in 1893. It is classified in the Penstemon genus within the family Plantaginaceae. It has no varieties, but was descived as a variety of Penstemon davidsonii in 1966 by Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin.[2]
Names
The species name, ellipticus, means "elliptical" in Botanical Latin because of the shape of the leaves.[3] Penstemon ellipticus is known by the common names rocky ledge penstemon or rocky ledge beardtongue.[3][4] It is also called elliptic-leaved penstemon.[5]
