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Flower of Barneby's Beardtongue
Penstemon barnebyi

Location

Hot Creek Range, NV, USA

Date

16/05/2021

Description

I found this beautiful and rarely seen wildflower growing in the remote Hot Creek Range while hiking 500 miles across the Great Basin in Nevada. Penstemon is a large genus of wildflowers, with several hundred species found in North America. The Great Basin harbors a great variety of them! Seeing the diversity of plants in the cold desert mountains always surprises me. Like other arid places, they often get overlooked as places worth visiting, but I have never had a bad time in the Great Basin. I think it is fun to look for plants, animals and other natural phenomena in less-visited places. Give it a try!

Photo Link

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBtEpdlTFd/

Learn More

https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=6141
Matt Berger
Biodiversity fanatic. I find things. 12,000+ miles backpacked. Botanist. Plant, fungi and critter enthusiast
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