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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Foxglove Beardtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-005:
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pedi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pedi_009_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_8441965916_4561ce9196
May Durham County NC
Blomquist Gardens
The floral tube flares abruptly; the 4 functional anthers are dark brown, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm160610_967
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Cauline leaves 6.5-21cm long, 1.7-4.6cm wide, apices subacuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160610_972
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Capsule 8-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160610_974
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves glabrous, subcoriaeceous, denticulate to subentire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160610_980
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Stem leaves tend to be widely spaced & at right angles to pair above & below, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-005:
Penstemon digitalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
1045
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Habitat: alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens (anthers purple) & 1 staminode bearded with white trichomes
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p215
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p153
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p157
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p102
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p067
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p079
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p348
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p245
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p290
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p153