Penstemon Palmeri, Palmer's Penstemon

Unlike most penstemon species which have elongated, tubular flowers, blooms of penstemon palmeri are rounded and open; the corolla forms a large pouch, mostly light pink (or almost white) in color but with a few purple lines on the lower insides. The five lobes are also larger than average; two project upwards while the lower three hang down, revealing the five stamens, one of which is covered by prominent, yellowish hairs. The outside of the corolla has a very sparse covering of short, glandular hairs. Calyces are short and hairless, with lobes that overlap towards the base.

Flowers grow in elongated clusters along the upper portion of the tall, hairless stems; leaves are mostly towards the base, in opposite (often perfoliate) pairs an inch or two apart. Flowers all tend to point in the same direction.