Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Subshrub General: Shrubby perennials, stems woody below. Leaves: Opposite, filiform, to 1 mm wide, crowded, the upper ones usually sessile, the lower ones petioled. Flowers: Large, scarlet to carmine, corollas strongly bilabiate, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-cleft, calyx 5-parted, stamens 4, these in pairs, filaments arching, glabrous, anthers flattened, dehiscent throughout, calyces and petioles obviously glandular-pubescent, flowers paniculate. Fruits: Septicidal capsules. Seeds numerous, angeled. Ecology: Found above 5,000 ft (1524 m); flowering in summer. Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico. Notes: This species of Penstemon is easy to identify due to its filiform leaves. Ethnobotany: There is no specific use recorded for the species, but the genus has many uses. Synonyms: None Editor: LCrumbacher 2011 Etymology: Penstemon comes from the Latin penna, "feather," and seta, "a bristle," thus literally, "feather-bristled," because some species have plumose or feathery bristles, while pinifolius likely means having pine-like or needle-like leaves.