Penstemon tracyi — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Penstemon

At a glance

Occurrence records33

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Penstemon tracyi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility33 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources5 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF33 records

01Narrative

Penstemon tracyi is a rare species of penstemon known by the common names Trinity penstemon and Tracy's beardtongue. The plant is endemic to Trinity County, California, where it is known from fewer than 10 occurrences in the Trinity Alps, of the Klamath Mountains. It grows in exposed rocky outcrops and barren talus in the high mountains.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment3

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Growth formSubshrub, Forb/herb

03Chemical composition2 compounds

Compounds documented for Penstemon tracyi across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Anthocyanidins2

Documented compounds2 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside		present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type33 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered25

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 8

8 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 12

12 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence25

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 institutions4 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Angwin, US	11
Arcata, US	4
STNFlocation not on record	1
Davis, US	1
Claremont, US	1
CASlocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 20 of 25 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code