[Beardtongues and Penstemons: The Genus Penstemon East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon

Penstemon deustus var. variabilis

Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis

Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)

Hot-rock penstemon as seen along Ramsey Canyon Road several miles south of Condon, OR.........June 30, 2010.

Inflorescence of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis) - Stem leaves of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)

Additional close-up views of hot-rock penstemon as seen along Ramsey Canyon Road several miles south of Condon, OR.........June 30, 2010. Note the largely entire margins to the stem leaves.

Flower of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis) - Flower of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)

Inflorescence of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis) - Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)

Hotrock penstemon as seen on basalt outcrops along the first half mile of the Steins Pillar Trail #837, Ochoco National Forest........June 26, 2017.

Paul Slichter