Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2015
Full Citation:
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, $23,744, 2010–2015. Assessment of the status of blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii S. Watson, Plantaginaceae) using molecular and morphological approaches. PI: C.C. Freeman. Co-PI: M. Mort.
Category:
- Terrestrial
Associated with the KU Field Station: No
Research Summary:
Penstemon haydenii (blowout beardtongue) is a rare, herbaceous perennial plant that is endemic in north-central Nebraska and south-central Wyoming. The species was listed as endangered by the U.S. Department of Interior on Sept. 1, 1987. While Nebraska populations have been known since 1857, the species was not confirmed in Wyoming until 1996. Morphological and molecular data were used to examine the taxonomy, systematics, and phylogenetics of P. haydenii, focusing on the relationship of Nebraska and Wyoming populations to each other and with other species in section Coerulei of the genus Penstemon.