A flower named for a reluctant species hunterSourced
He was not looking for new species.
One flower still got his name.
Colorado botanist Harold Harrington collected unusual plants and sent them to specialists rather than hunting for species to describe himself. A specimen he gathered in June 1951 helped establish a new Penstemon species, later named for him.
An unplanned find
left a lasting name.
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