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Penstemon spectabilis

Penstemon spectabilis
Photographer: Jeanne S. Broome
ID: ASDM04949
Copyright: © 1998 ASDM
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Date: April 1998
Location: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Scientific Name: Penstemon spectabilis
English Name: royal penstemon
Spanish Name: pichel

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This species is present in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's live collection.

Scrophulariaceae (snapdragon family)

This family numbers 4500 species worldwide and includes snapdragons, penstemons, monkeyflowers, owl clover, and Texas ranger. They are a northern (temperate) component of the Sonoran Desert flora; most species respond to the winter rains.

— Mark A. Dimmitt,
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (ASDM Press, 2000)