Penstemon pinifolius

Penstemon pinifolius, the pineleaf penstemon or pine needle penstemon, is a species of flowering plant in the veronica family that is native to the southwestern USA and northern Mexico. It is a spreading evergreen often found in rocky habitats.

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Penstemon pinifolius is a short plant with erect stems, ones that grow straight upwards, usually 10 to 50 centimeters (4 to 20 in) tall, but occasionally just 5 cm (2 in) when full grown. The stems can be hairless or covered in retrorse, backwards pointing, hairs with sharp points. Its habit is evergreen and it spreads outwards as a subshrub. Each stem will have 10 to 30 pairs of leaves. The leaves are narrow and needle-like. The surface of the leaves can be hairless or sparsely covered in retrorse hairs, especially on their edges. They measure 4 to 32 millimeters long and just 0.5 to 1.2 mm wide. The flowers are usually showy and bright scarlet red, but yellow flowers are sometimes found wild in parts of the Magdalena Mountains. They are salverform, trumpet shaped, and measure 2.5 to 3.2 centimeters (1.0 to 1.3 in) long. The inside of the flower's throat does not have any nectar guidelines, but may be yellow to orange spotted. The stamens extend beyond the mouth of the flower, but are usually hidden by floral lobes. The fuzzy, yellow staminode is 1.2–1.7 cm and does not extend out of the flower.