| Name | Penstemon cobaea var. purpurea Pennell |
| Authorship | Pennell |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Penstemon cobaea Nuttall |
| Citation | 1922 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 73: 490 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Penstemon cobaea var. purpurea Pennell |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |