Scrophulariaceae
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Penstemon cyaneus / blue penstemon
- two-toned totally tubular flower (blue and pink-ish)
- early spring to at least mid-summer
- widespread in low disturbance habitats - even when rocky and "bare"
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Penstemon eatonii / firecracker penstemon
- roadsides, especially revegetated by DOT
- 2" brilliantly red, tubular flowers
- mostly basal leaves, ovate to lanceolate, leathery
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Penstemon palmeri / Palmer’s penstemon
- very tall, exposed
- pink flowers with rose/grape scent
- flowers clumped on one side of stem in groups of 4-5
- red "guidelines" (bloody fangs) on lower petals
- stem leaves opposite, clasping, like little boats
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Penstemon rydbergii / Rydberg’s penstemon
- small, blue/purple tubular flowers in leafy whorls
- flowers lack glands or hairs
- basal rosette of bright green, spoon-shaped leaves without glands or hairs
- stem leaves are lanceolate, around flower clusters
- wetter areas, but also along Victor/Driggs bike path
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Penstemon whippleanus / dusky beardtongue
- large-ish purple or creamy-white tubular flowers
- from the side, flowers look like a gaping mouth; 2 lobes above, 3 below
- flowers typically hang down in small clusters at the top of their stems
- opposite, sessile leaves on flowering stems
- subalpine on rocky areas, as at Darby wind cave
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Scrophularia lanceolate / lanceleaf figwort
- teeny, snapdragon-like flowers
- flowers urn-shaped with yellow with red or green on the outside
- flowers look like they aren't yet opened
- flowers on elongated panicle at the top of a tall-ish plant
- opposite leaves like stinging nettle without the stingers
- up to 5 feet tall in full sun/partial shade
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Verbascum thapsus / mullein
- rosette of large, soft, hairy leaves
- small yellow flowers densely packed on a very tall spike
- persistent ugly brown spike after flowering is done
- often on otherwise bare ground
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Veronica americana / American brooklime
- teeny, 4-petaled blue or violet-ish flowers, white centers
- in small clumps on stream banks and in other very wet areas
- may be found as a single plant or as a large and dense population - clonal
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Veronica anagallis-aquatica / blue water speedwell
- small blue to mauve or lavender flowers; 4 petals
- many flowers per stalk, but only a few blooming at once
- opposite leaves tightly clasping the stems
- in standing water or slowly moving streams
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