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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Penstemon moffatii
|accepted_authority=Eastwood
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Zoë
|place=4: 9. 1893
|year=1893
|other_info_on_pub=(as Pentstemon)
}}
|common_names=Moffat’s beardtongue
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Penstemon moffatii subsp. paysonii
|authority=(Pennell) D. D. Keck
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Cristati;Penstemon moffatii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Penstemon subg. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Penstemon sect. Cristati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon moffatii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 126
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, (3–)7–30 cm, retrorsely hairy. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, not leathery, retrorsely hairy; basal and proximal cauline petiolate, 15–45(–65) × 3–20(–25) mm, blade spatulate to oblanceolate or ovate, base tapered, margins entire or obscurely dentate distally, apex rounded to obtuse; cauline (1 or)2–4 pairs, sessile, 16–55 × 4–10(–15) mm, blade lanceolate to oblanceolate or linear, base tapered to clasping, margins entire or obscurely dentate distally, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Thyrses</b> continuous to ± interrupted, cylindric, 1–12 cm, axis glandular-pubescent, verticillasters (1–)3–7, cymes (1 or)2–4-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts ovate to lanceolate, 8–34 × 2–16 mm; peduncles and pedicels glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes lanceolate, 4.8–6.2 × 1.2–1.9 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla blue to violet, with reddish violet nectar guides, bilabiate, tubular-funnelform, 15–20(–22) mm, sparsely white-lanate or glabrous internally abaxially, tube 4–6 mm, throat gradually inflated, not constricted at orifice, 4–7 mm diam., rounded abaxially; stamens included, pollen sacs opposite, navicular, 1.1–1.4 mm, dehiscing completely, sutures papillate; staminode 7–9 mm, included or reaching orifice, 0.3–0.5 mm diam., tip straight to recurved, distal 4–5 mm sparsely pubescent, hairs yellow, to 0.8 mm; style 10–12 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 6–10 × 4–6 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Shale or gravelly mesas and slopes, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
|elevation=1300–2000 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon moffatii</i> is known from Delta, Grand, Mesa, and Montrose counties, Colorado, and Garfield, Grand, and Wayne counties, Utah. Plants with oblanceolate basal leaves and sessile cauline leaves from Montrose County, Colorado, have been distinguished as <i></i>subsp.<i> paysonii</i>. Plants with these characteristics are found sporadically throughout the range of <i>P. moffatii</i>, sometimes in populations with plants referable to subsp. moffatii.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Penstemon moffatii
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Penstemon moffatii subsp. paysonii
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Shale or gravelly mesas and slopes, sagebrush shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
|elevation=1300–2000 m.
|distribution=Colo.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Zoë
|publication year=1893
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Cristati
|species=Penstemon moffatii
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