cliff penstemon


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Noun1.cliff penstemon - one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
genus Penstemon, Penstemon - large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
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We passed a pink flush of cliff penstemon - hello, yet another gorgeous flower - and then at the top we took our time to take in the expanse, blue hills like incoming waves.