Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park   |  Dicots
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Parietaria hespera   ·   Pedicularis densiflora   ·   Penstemon grinnellii ssp. scrophularioides   ·   Penstemon heterophyllus   ·   Perideridia californica   ·   Perideridia kelloggii   ·   Phacelia imbricata   ·   Phlox gracilis   ·   Pholistoma auritum   ·   Phoradendron villosum   ·   Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora   ·   Physocarpus capitatus   ·   Pickeringia montana   ·   Plagiobothrys nothofulvus   ·   Platanus racemosa   ·   Platystemon californicus   ·   Potentilla glandulosa   ·   Prunus ilicifolia   ·   Pterostegia drymarioides   ·   Quercus agrifolia   ·   Quercus berberidifolia   ·   Quercus chrysolepis   ·   Quercus douglasii   ·   Quercus kelloggii   ·   Quercus lobata   ·   Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaceus   ·   Ranunculus californicus   ·   Rhamnus crocea   ·   Rhamnus ilicifolia   ·   Rhamnus tomentella   ·   Ribes californicum   ·   Ribes malvaceum   ·   Ribes speciosum   ·   Robinia pseudo-acacia   ·   Rosa californica   ·   Rosa sp.   ·   Rosa spithamea   ·   Rosa sp. (2)   ·   Rubus discolor   ·   Rubus ursinus
Penstemon heterophyllus
Foothill Penstemon; Chaparral Penstemon

A member of the Scrophulariaceae, or Figwort Family


Flower detail from photo below.



Portion of upper inflorescences.

Same plant, location and time as below.



Inflorescences.

Note rocky substrate of dry creek bed.
East Fork Coyote Creek west of Los Cruzeros.

4 July 1995, 11:22 am.



Habitat.  Same plant in foreground as in upper photo.
The tree in the background is Platanus racemosa.
To the right of the base of the tree are the rounded shrubs
Brickellia californica.

East Fork Coyote Creek, west of Los Cruzeros.
4 July 1995, 11:17 am.


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