(n) mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California, Syn. Penstemon davidsonii
(n) plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona, Syn. Penstemon linarioides
(n) large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America, Syn. genus Penstemon
(n) low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California, Syn. redwood penstemon
(n) 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, Syn. cliff penstemon, Penstemon rupicola
(n) low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems, Syn. lowbush penstemon, Penstemon fruticosus
(n) wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico, Syn. Penstemon whippleanus
(n) fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah, Syn. scented penstemon, Penstemon palmeri
(n) mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California, Syn. Penstemon newberryi
(n) plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward, Syn. Penstemon centranthifolius
prop. n. A large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; found mostly in Western North America. Syn. -- genus Penstemon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]