Biology:Penstemon murrayanus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Penstemon murrayanus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Penstemon
Species:
P. murrayanus
Binomial name
Penstemon murrayanus
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Penstemon murrayanus is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name scarlet beardtongue. It is endemic to Texas , Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas in the United States.[1] The specific name murrayanuss honors Johann Andreas Murray, a Swedish botanist, and the common name "scarlet beardtongue" references the plant's scarlet flowers.[2]

References

  1. "Penstemon murrayanus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PEMU2. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 
  2. Amanda Neill, ed (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains (illustrated ed.). TCU Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780875653099. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17739263 entry