pentamerous
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These are salvias, pentstemons, and antirrhinums, or snapdragons, planted very thick for the purpose.
From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold
The flowers which by their profusion and brilliancy most attract attention are, among myriads, the lupine, yucca, goldenrod, shooting star, ragwort, Queen Ann's lace, bears clover, false hellebore, many gilias, pentstemons, and monkey flowers.
From Sequoia [California] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior
There were whole fields of pentstemons, pink, blue, royal purple, or the rare scarlet variety, like stems of asparagus strung with rubies.
From Clover by Coolidge, Susan
Clean towels had been spread over the pine shelves which did duty for dressing-tables, and on each stood a tumbler stuffed as full as it could hold with purple pentstemons.
From Clover by Coolidge, Susan
Every locality yields its wild asters, golden-rods, columbines, iris, trilliums, lilies, anemones, pentstemons, mints, sunflowers, or other plants; and many of these also make good subjects for the home grounds.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
