''Penstemon newberryi'' is a species of

penstemon ''Penstemon'' , the beardtongues, is a large genus of roughly 280 species of flowering plants native to North America from northern Canada to Central America. It is the largest genus of flowering plants endemic to North America. As well as bein ...

known by the common name mountain pride or Newberry's penstemon. It is native to the mountains of northern

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, and

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, where it grows in rocky habitat, often at high elevation, such as talus. It is a bushy, mat-forming

subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or undershrub is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interch ...

growing up to tall. The leaves are mostly basal on the plant, oblong or oval and toothed, measuring in length, with a few smaller pairs along the stem. The

glandular A gland is a cell or an organ in an animal's body that produces and secretes different substances that the organism needs, either into the bloodstream or into a body cavity or outer surface. A gland may also function to remove unwanted substance ...

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

bears showy magenta flowers 2 to over 3 cm (0.8 to over 1.2 in) in length. The flower is generally tubular or funnel-shaped and has a coating of short to long and curly hairs in the mouth and on the

staminode In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen, which means that it does not produce pollen.Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; ''A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent''; Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co ...

. ''Penstemon newberryi'' is included in ''Penstemon'' subgenus ''Dasanthera'', along with '' P. barrettiae'', '' P. cardwellii'', '' P. davidsonii'', '' P. ellipticus'', '' P. fruticosus'', '' P. lyallii'', '' P. montanus'', and '' P. rupicola''. In cultivation in the UK, it has received the

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Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. It includes the full range of cultivated p ...

. It tolerates a wide range of positions but requires full sun. The Latin

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

''newberryi'' honors the American geologist and botanist

John Strong Newberry John Strong Newberry (December 22, 1822 – December 7, 1892) was an American physician, geologist and paleontologist. He participated as a naturalist and surgeon on three expeditions to explore and survey the western United States. During the C ...

(1822–1892). ''Penstemon newberryi'' was the favorite flower of naturalist

John Muir John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the national park, National Parks", was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologi ...

.Sierra Alpine Wildflowers, David Lukas, University of California Press Blog

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