Penstemon gairdneri Hook. var. gairdneri
Annotated by Walter Fertig.

Oregon: Baker: Western Baker County, Whitman National Forest, 1 mile east of the divide (county line), ca. 10 miles east of Austin. Elev. 5000 ft.
44.649776° N, 118.402499° W,
Datum: WGS84.
Yellow pine forest. HerbariumSpecimenDuplicate: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri | herbariumSpecimenDuplicate: Penstemon gairdneri Only 8 plants found, on rocky flat with P. deustus, always among rocks. Plants 3 dm. across, 2 dm. high, very woody at base; lvs. alternate; corolla lavender-purple, the lobes a deep sky-blue, glandular-puberulent without and within, otherwise without a long beard in throar, the lobes soon reflex after opening (moderately), pale lavender on floor of orifice, throat inflated laterally, not dorsiventrally; staminode brownish-yellow bearded. Flowers difffer from P. gairdneri var. hians in much bluer color, smaller, and in recurving limb. Https://intermountainbiota.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=30832243. Phenology: Flowering & Fruiting.

David D. Keck 3648, Jun 22, 1935
With J. Clausen
WS, Catalog: 75838, WS016843