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has gloss | (noun) one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California Penstemon rupicola, cliff penstemon, rock penstemon |
has gloss | eng: Penstemon rupicola is a species of penstemon known by the common name cliff beardtongue. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it grows in rocky mountainous habitat. It is a clumpy, mat-forming subshrub growing no more than 14 centimeters high. The thick, waxy, oppositely arranged leaves are round or oval and up to 2 centimeters long. The showy wide-mouthed tubular flowers emerging from the mat may be nearly 4 centimeters in length and are shades of light purple to bright pink. |
lexicalization | eng: cliff penstemon |
lexicalization | eng: Penstemon rupicola |
lexicalization | eng: rock penstemon |
subclass of | (noun) wild or uncultivated flowering plant wildflower, wild flower |
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member of | (noun) large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America Penstemon, genus Penstemon |
similar | e/Penstemon rupicola |
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