Woodland Beardtongue, Woodland Beard Tongue, Woodland Penstemon
Nothochelone nemorosa
Synonym: Penstemon nemorosus
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Woodland beardtongue spotted at left still in bloom along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 about half a mile east of the junction with the South Climb Trail #183, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......August 30, 2018.The photo at right shows woodland beardtongue in bloom along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 several hundred yards west of the Bird Creek Meadows parking area, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows.....August 10, 2023.
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The photo at left shows the inflorescence of
woodland pentsemon as seen along a logging road at about 4000' along the ridgetop
dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of
Mt. Adams.......July 10, 2005. The image at right shows the flower and glandular stem of woodland beardtongue as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #16, Mount Adams Wilderness......July 22, 2024.
A late-blooming woodland beardtongue along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 just north of Sheep Lake, Mount Adams Wilderness...........October 3, 2014.
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The photo at left shows a dorsal view of the
flower of woodland pentsemon as seen along a logging road at about 4000' along
the ridgetop dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern
corner of Mt. Adams........July 10, 2005. The flowers are compressed
medially, so that the flowers are wider than high. Note the dorsal ridge and
long hairs tipped with glands on the corolla. The photo at right shows a lateral view of the
flower of woodland pentsemon as seen along a logging road at about 4000' along
the ridgetop dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern
corner of Mt. Adams........July 10, 2005.Note the densely glandular
calyx.
The photo above shows a view of the toothed
leaves of woodland beardtongue as seen along a logging road at about 4000' along
the ridgetop dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern
corner of Mt. Adams........July 10, 2005. Note how the blades
are lower at the base of the leaf, and taper gradually to the tip. Note also
the clasping bases to the blades.
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Woodland beardtongue in bloom along the Stagman Ridge Trail #11, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 9, 2021.
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Woodland beardtongue in bloom at left along the Stagman Ridge Trail #11, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......July 25, 2019. The photo at right shows woodland beardtongue in bloom along the Killen Creek Trail #113, Mount Adams Wilderness.....August 2, 2022.
The photo above shows woodland penstemon as
seen along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 along the southern side of Mt. Adams........September
1, 1996.
Paul Slichter