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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements4 literature sources87 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS9 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 456 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 32
01Narrative
Penstemon rydbergii, commonly known as Rydberg's penstemon or meadow penstemon, is a perennial plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) that grows in damp, grassy meadows of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains of the western United States.Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC.,
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Penstemon rydbergii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 rydbergii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences2
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.
★ITS2
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPenstemon rydbergii 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 449≤1 km 95≤10 km 44>10 km 27
615 georeferenced · 216 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor831
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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 59≤1 km 170≤10 km 99>10 km 8
336 georeferenced · 288 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence624
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions42 of 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
69
Moscow, US
65
Corvallis, US
36
Boise, US
36
Provo, US
32
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
32
WTUlocation not on record
31
Pullman, US
26
Denver, US
25
Pocatello, US
24
Logan, US
24
Albuquerque, US
21
Angwin, US
16
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
12
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
12
Riverside, US
11
Caldwell, US
9
Bronx, US
9
Grand Junction, US
9
ASUlocation not on record
8
VALElocation not on record
8
Flagstaff, US
7
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
7
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
6
Phoenix, US
5
Chadron, US
5
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
5
San Luis Obispo, US
5
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
4
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
4
San Francisco, US
4
Missoula, US
4
Claremont, US
4
HJAEFlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Portland, US
3
EL PASO, US
3
Truckee, US
2
Bozeman, US
2
San Angelo, US
2
GB
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Vancouver, CA
2
Bend, US
1
Cslocation not on record
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Durango, US
1
US
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Portland, US
1
Austin, US
1
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
1
Lincoln, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Madison, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record
1
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
65 institutions · 621 of 624 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 456 records↗
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