Details for: NSL 439953, Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. eriantherus, Old Works Germplasm


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. eriantherus
Top Name:
Old Works Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Montana, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. eriantherus
Top Name:
Old Works Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Montana, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
19 August 1998.
Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States
Locality: The collection site is located within the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site, approximately 1 mile north of Anaconda.
Elevation: 1743m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Southwest-facing slope on gravelly, sandy loam textured soil.
Comment: Seed was collected from more than 50 plants.
Donated
2004.
Montana, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: NRCS Conservation Plant Releases
Note: These are accessions released by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Centers. Accessions may represent germplasm that is of wild origin and has not been altered; germplasm that is of wild origin but developed (F1 or F2) by utilizing numerous germplasms from across a similar ecoregion; or germplasm of cultivated origin. Releases are selections with superior performance.
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Accession Names and Identifiers
Old Works Germplasm
Type: Donor identifier
Group: NRCS
Release Name
USDA-NRCS Bridger PMC

9081631
Type: Donor identifier
Group: NRCS
NRCS acession number
USDA-NRCS Bridger PMC

NSL 439953
Type: Site identifier
Group: NSSL
National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative
The selection has the same general botanical and phenological attributes as the species. Fuzzytongue penstemon is a native perennial forb with a woody caudex and a heavy taproot. It has one to several stems, 10-40 cm tall, sometimes decumbent at the base. The entire or sharply toothed leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to oblanceolate to nearly linear, and glandular or finely pubescent. Flowers are lavender to pale purple with dark guidelines. The corolla is funnel-shaped, with a long-hairy, three-lobed lower lip and a smaller two-lobed upper lip. The petal lobes are well reflexed and the palate bearded with long yellow hairs. Four of the 5 stamens are fertile and lie against the upper portion of the corolla. The fifth stamen is sterile, and extends beyond the opening of the corolla. The inflorescence is a fairly narrow panicle of 3-6 well-spaced verticillasters with cymes 2-5 flowering on short peduncles. Flowers bloom from late spring into early summer. The 1.3 cm long fruit capsule is filled with dark, angular seeds. For field production purposes, seed should be sown 0.25 -0.5 in deep in the late fall at a rate of 25 PLS per linear foot of row. At 24-in row spacing the recommended seeding rate is 1.5 lbs PLS per acre. Seed production initiates in the second growing season. Average harvest time in south-central Montana is late July.
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. eriantherus
Genus:
Penstemon
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Cheloneae
Nomen number:

449989
Verified:
03/09/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh (2 active accession[s])
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. argillosus M. E. Jones (0 active accession[s])
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. redactus Pennell & D. D. Keck (0 active accession[s])
Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. whitedii (Piper) A. Nelson (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 09 Mar 2006, from Penstemon spp. to Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. eriantherus
Other Links
USDA NRCS Brochure
Storage Information Form
Storage Information Form
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Marty, L. 2003. Release brochure for Old Works Germplasm Fuzzytounge penstemon (Penstemon erianthus var. eriantherus). 1-2. Note: Bridger Plant Materials Center, Bridger, Montana Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
Old Works Germplasm Source Identified Class fuzzytongue penstemon was selected for release based on its performance in a greenhouse test utilizing heavy metal laden, low pH soil as well as for its aesthetic value and drought tolerance.