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Title	Parachute beardtongue plant
Alternative Title	Penstemon debilis
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Langton, Alicia
Description	Penstemon debilis was discovered in 1986, and was first described by O’Kane and Anderson in 1987 (pp. 412–416). P. debilis is a mat-forming perennial herb with thick, succulent, bluish leaves, each about 0.8 in. (2 cm) long and 0.4 in. (1 cm) wide. Plants produce shoots that run along underground, forming what appear as new plants at short distances away. Individual P. debilis plants are able to survive on the steep, unstable, shale slopes by responding with stem elongation as leaves are buried by the shifting talus. Buried stems progressively elongate down slope from the initial point of rooting to a surface sufficiently stable to allow the development of a tuft of leaves and flowers (O’Kane and Anderson 1987, pp. 414–415). The funnel-shaped flowers are white to pale lavender, and bloom during June and July. P. debilis plants produce a small number of seeds that are dispersed by gravity.
FWS Resource Links	http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=Q36W
Subject	Plants Endangered and/or Threatened species
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributors	Western Colorado Field Office
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	1968245 Bytes
Height	1424
Width	2136
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	Image
Full Resolution File Size	1968245 Bytes
Original Filename	Penstemon_debilis_plant_070710_Alicia_Langton.JPG
Full resolution	Volume264/Penstemon_debilis_plant_070710_Alicia_Langton.JPG http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume264/Penstemon_debilis_plant_070710_Alicia_Langton.JPG
Date created	2011-10-25
Date modified	2015-05-19