Penstemon humilis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names low beardtonguePenstemon humilis. USDA NRCS Plant Guide. and lowly beardtongue.Penstemon humilis. NatureServe. It is native to the western United States. This species is a woody perennial herb or subshrub growing up to 35 cm tall. The basal leaves form a mat about the base of the plant. The flowers are narrowly tubular. This species of Penstemon is found in sagebrush, in pinyon-juniper woodland habitat, and in mountain forests and tundra.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Penstemon humilis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Anthocyanidins1
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Delphinidin 3,5-diglucoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding1 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Penstemon humilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPenstemon humilis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 203≤1 km 23≤10 km 14>10 km 6
246 georeferenced · 106 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor352
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 55≤1 km 188≤10 km 107>10 km 14
364 georeferenced · 431 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence795
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions38 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Moscow, US
156
Boise, US
73
Pocatello, US
73
Provo, US
68
Pullman, US
68
Logan, US
59
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
37
Corvallis, US
28
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
22
Riverside, US
18
Bend, US
17
Caldwell, US
16
Bronx, US
14
ASUlocation not on record
12
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
12
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
11
Madison, US
8
Denver, US
8
Flagstaff, US
7
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
7
VALElocation not on record
7
Chadron, US
6
Henderson, US
6
Angwin, US
5
US
5
Bangkok, TH
5
Arcata, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
4
Missoula, US
3
Saint Louis, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
Columbia, US
2
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
2
Portland, US
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Pittsburg, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Mississippi State, US
1
Whitewater, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
DOI/NPS, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preservelocation not on record
1
Claremont, US
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Cheney, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Bloomington, US
1
Millersville, US
1
53 institutions · 795 of 795 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Penstemon humilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 147 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype