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Common Name:
Small's Beardtongue, Blue Ridge Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon smallii FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon smallii 166-14-001 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, cliffs, glades, roadbanks
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Beardtongue, Gray's Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Penstemon canescens FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon canescens 166-14-002 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, glades, forest edges, rocky woodlands, roadsides
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon pallidus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon pallidus 166-14-003 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone and shale barrens, other dry, disturbed areas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Beardtongue, Sandhill Beardtongue, Southern Beardtongue, Southeastern Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon australis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon australis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon australis 166-14-004 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, dry hammocks, dry sandy roadsides, woodland margins
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon digitalis FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon digitalis 166-14-005 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches
Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native (the original distribution is somewhat uncertain)
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Common Name:
Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Beardtongue, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon laevigatus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Penstemon laevigatus 166-14-006 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Low meadows, bottomlands, forest edges, hammocks
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longsepal Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon calycosus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Limestone ledges, other woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon dissectus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Altamaha Grit outcrops, sandhills
Rare (endemic to Altamaha Grit outcrops and other sandy areas in south Georgia)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Northeastern Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon hirsutus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields
Waif(s)
Native north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Manyflower Beardtongue
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Penstemon multiflorus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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