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Plantaginaceae > Penstemon (beardtongue) | |
Recently radically reorganized, the Plantaginaceae now contains several genera formerly placed in the Scrophulariaceae. | |
Southern Beardtongue (Penstemon australis) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain and fairly common in dry soils in the piedmont. | |
Southern Beardtongue (Penstemon australis) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 The flower tube contains staminodes with hairs, thus giving rise to the common name of the genus (beardtongues). | |
Southern Beardtongue (Penstemon australis) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 Leaves opposite, stem hairy. | |
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Wet field at Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2009 Common in the western 2/3 of NC, this species grows in moist, often disturbed, habitats. Note the outer half of the corolla is inflated. | |
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Wet field at Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2009 The throat of the flower is open. | |
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Wet field at Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2009 The floor of the corolla is lined with a few purple streaks and is only slightly ridged. | |
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Wet field at Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2009 While the inflorescence is glandular-pubescent, the stems are glabrous. | |
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Wet field at Mason Farm, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2009 |
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatum) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 Common and statewide in North Carolina in various habitats. | |
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatum) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 | |
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatum) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 | |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 | |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 | |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 | |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 | |
unidentified beardtongue (Penstemon sp.) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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