Dusty Penstemon

The leaves of Dusty Penstemon, penstemon comarrhenus,  grow at the base of the stem, where they are oblanceolate in shape; those higher up are narrower, more linear, clasping, and quite widely spaced. Stem, leaves and flowers are usually hairless. Leaves are somewhat folded up along the axis. Stems are often purple towards the base. The hairless corolla is pale blue to bluish purple, opening to two broad upper lobes and three narrower lower lobes, which are crossed by a few darker veins. The four stamens have quite thick, curved, white filaments and dark red anthers, which are covered by long, straggly white hairs. The corolla is narrow for its lower third, then much wider above. Flowers are attached by stalks about half an inch long. Flowers tend to be distributed evenly around the stem, not concentrated on one side. Fruits are short, purplish capsules, with a long, persistent, residual style at the tip.

These pictures were taken in 2009 (location has been lost) and were first thought to be Palmer's Penstemon but I now believe that they are Dusty Penstemon plants. I do not have a closeup of a single flower but the image on the right seems to support this diagnosis.