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Large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers
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penstemon
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n. (cx botany English) Any of the genus ''Penstemon'', the beardtongues.
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Penstemon , the beardtongues , is a large genus of roughly 250 species North American and East Asian flowering plants. Formerly placed in the Scrophulariaceae family by the Cronquist system , new genetic research has placed it in the vastly expanded Plantaginaceae ...
Usage examples of penstemon.
The asphalt dead-ended in patches of sprouting mule ears, white lupines, and penstemon getting ready to bloom.