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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon canescens
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Appalachian Beardtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon canescens
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penstemon canescens
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-002:
Penstemon canescens FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon brittonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon canescens
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue
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JK Marlow jkm0505l_03b
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Corolla 24-32mm long, throat gradually but obviously inflated to 10mm in diam, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm200508_4703
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Lower bracts of inflorescence reduced, much smaller than the cauline leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm200508_4705b
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves usually sharply serrate, per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).
JK Marlow jkm200508_4718
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Corolla throat strongly 2-ridged on its floor [shown here upside down], per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon canescens
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon canescens
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penstemon canescens
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-002:
Penstemon canescens
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon brittonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon canescens