...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Beardtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Penstemon laevigatus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon laevigatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 166-14-006:
Penstemon laevigatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Penstemon penstemon
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepe17_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_laevigatus_0212
May Catawba County NC
Panicle narrow; the bracts reduced, not leaflike, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_laevigatus_0822
May Catawba County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_laevigatus
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_laevigatus_13
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_laevigatus_13b
June
May be separated from P. australis or P. multiflorus by its dilated throat, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.