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)](deustus/variabilis/variabilis4c.jpg)
Hot-rock penstemon as seen along Ramsey Canyon Road several miles south of Condon, OR.........June 30, 2010.
- ![Stem leaves of Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)](deustus/variabilis/variabilis4b.jpg)
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)](deustus/variabilis/variabilis06-26-2017b.jpg)
- ![Hot-rock Penstemon, Scabland Penstemon, Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis (Synonyms: Penstemon deustus ssp. variabilis, Penstemon variabilis)](deustus/variabilis/variabilis06-26-2017d.jpg)
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