Low Penstemon - Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)  Penstemon humilis
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Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
along the Mineral Fork Trail
Elevation at parking lot to trail is 6774 feet.
GPS 40.38.08.15 N.  111.41.56.70 W


Characteristics
"It has small flowers with white throated corollas. Basal leaves obovate and ovate becoming lanceolate on the upper stems. Not quite as big as P. cyananthus and usually with more stems and corollas.  P. platyphyllus is more of a woody shrub with purple corollas and mostly lanceolate leaves."  Kipp Lee

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