Part 13

Plate 23, fig. 3

This dainty little Pentstemon carpets the ground with its blue flowers, with here and there a bunch of delicate pink ones, in early and middle summer. The stems grow 6 in.-2 ft. tall on plains and in the mountains at 4000-10000 ft.

Scarlet Bugler Pentstemon barbatus

Plate 23, fig. 4

The bright red flowers of the Scarlet Bugler are conspicuous on hillsides and mountains at 5000-9000 ft. The stems are usually quite tall, 2-6 ft., and the flowers bloom in early summer. This Pentstemon as well as many others would be a welcome addition to the garden.

Clustered Pentstemon Pentstemon confertus

Plate 23, fig. 5

The small yellowish to blue-purple and rose-purple flowers of the Clustered Pentstemon grow, as the name indicates, in crowded groups and bloom in early summer. The plants are rather small, being usually but 4-15 in. high. They occur on hills and mountains at 7000-10000 ft.

SNAPDRAGON FAMILY

1 Pink Beard-tongue: Pentstemon secundiflorus 2 Dark Pentstemon: Pentstemon glaucus 3 Blue Pentstemon: Pentstemon gracilis 4 Scarlet Bugler: Pentstemon barbatus 5 Clustered Pentstemon: Pentstemon confertus 6 Blue Beard-tongue: Pentstemon unilateralis]

Blue Beard-tongue Pentstemon unilateralis

Plate 23, fig. 6

The blue-purple flowers of the Blue Beard-tongue are large and grow in conspicuous one-sided spikes on stems 2-5 ft. tall. They bloom in midsummer and are found in the mountains at 5500-8000 ft.

MINT FAMILY

Skull Cap Scutellaria resinosa

Plate 24, fig. 1

The blue flowers of the Skull Cap grow in pairs on leafy stems 4-15 in. high. They bloom in early summer and in fruit the reddish-brown calyx resembles a jockey’s cap rather more than a skull cap. The plants occur on plains, foothills and gravel slides at 5000-10000 ft.

Heal-all Prunella vulgaris

Plate 24, fig. 2

The flowers of the Heal-all are purple or white and bloom from early spring throughout the summer and fall. The stems are decumbent-ascending, 4-12 in. high, and are widely distributed in woods, along roadsides and in wet places at 4000-9000 ft. The Heal-all has a bitter and astringent taste and is somewhat used in medicine.

Brook Mint Mentha canadensis

Plate 24, fig. 3

The tiny pink or lavender flowers of the Brook Mint are clustered in the axils of the paired leaves, and bloom throughout the summer. The plants grow 4-12 in. tall and are widely distributed as a common weed in low ground and wet places, at 4000-8000 ft. Where troublesome as a weed, the Brook Mint can be readily exterminated by thorough cultivation and dragging the soil. It is used to some extent in medicine, and the Klamath Indians make a tea from the leaves. Other mints, such as Peppermint, Spearmint, etc., are among the most highly valued aromatics.

MINT FAMILY

1 Skull Cap: Scutellaria resinosa 2 Heal-all: Prunella vulgaris 3 Brook Mint: Mentha canadensis 4 Horse Mint: Monarda fistulosa 5 Blue Sage: Salvia Pitcheri 6 Marsh Mint: Stachys palustris 8 Pennyroyal: Hedeoma Drummondii

VERBENA FAMILY

7 Verbena, Vervain: Verbena bracteosa]

Horse Mint Monarda fistulosa