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Rocky Fushia Flower


Rocky Fushia Flower
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Copyright: Lori Cannon (LCannon) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 379 W: 145 N: 799] (3093)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-25
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Kodak Easyshare LS753
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-26 16:34
Viewed: 946
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
As best as I can find through my wildflower books and looking online this is the Rock Penstemon, although I could be wrong.

Rock Penstemon: Rock penstemons are especially attractive wildflowers with their glaucous foliage and hot pink flowers often perched in crevices on dark basalt cliff faces. They are a shrubby wildflower with prostrate to matted growth form. The leafy stems are up to 10 cm long. The bluish-glaucous leaves are ovate in shape with small to large teeth. The basal leaves are 8-18 mm long while the stem leaves are reduced in size up the stems.

Rock penstemons are usually found at moderate to fairly high elevation in the Cascade Mts., although they may occur at much lower elevations in the Columbia River Gorge. They are typical plants of cliffs, ledges and rocky slopes.

Rock penstemon may be found on both sides of the Cascade Mts. from Kittitas County, WA south through Oregon into northern California. In the Klamath and Siskiyou country it may be found towards the coast.
In the Columbia River Gorge it may be found between the elevations of 100'-4700' from Cape Horn and Crown Point east to near Hood River, OR.

Photo: Cropped, Levels, Resized, Sharpened.

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To Jancie: Janice,LCannon 1 06-27 13:59
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Very nice and cheerful, I like that the plant's habitat is visible. Thanks, Ori

Well Lori the flowers look like the penstmons in my garden though I have never seen one so short, thank you for finding and sharing this one.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
  • [2005-06-27 3:36]

Beautiful plants. Very nice composition, excellent sharpness and colors.

I love how plants will grow wherever they like. Brilliant colours amongst the rocks Lori. I have grown these penstemons before at home and they give a great display, but here they are much shorter. Great find, thank you.

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