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Idaho Penstemon (Penstemon idahoensis)

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Idaho Penstemon

Idaho Penstemon (Penstemon idahoensis)

Penstemon idahoensis

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S2

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Phenology

Flowers late June-July.

Species range

Occurs in southern Idaho and across the border into northeastern Utah and northwestern Nevada.

Threats or limiting factors

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is found at many sites but is being controlled, mostly by herbicides. Grazing occurs near many sites, but the impact from the animals is unknown. Drought is also likely impacting this species.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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