title: Penstemon comarrhenus
text: # Penstemon comarrhenus
  
  Penstemon comarrhenus (dusty beardtongue or dusty penstemon) is a perennial plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United $States.^{:164}$
  
  ## Description
  
  ### Growth pattern
  
  It is a perennial growing from 1 to 4 feet (0.30 to 1.22 m) $tall.^{:164}$
  
  ### Leaves and stems
  
  It has smooth stems with opposite 3⁄4 to 5 inches (1.9 to 12.7 cm) long leaves, inversely lanceolate at the base, linear and smaller going up the $stem.^{:164}$
  
  ### Inflorescence and fruit
  
  It produces pale blue flowers from May to $July.^{:164}$ Fruits are small $capsules.^{:164}$
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  It can be found in pinyon juniper woodland, mountain brush, ponderosa pine forest, and Douglas fir and aspen forest $communities.^{:164}$
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Bees are the primary $pollinator.^{:164}$
  
  