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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon multiflorus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon multiflorus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penstemon multiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon multiflorus
COMMON NAME:
Manyflower Beardtongue
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon multiflorus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon multiflorus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penstemon multiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon multiflorus
3154
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens & 1 bearded staminode
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p164
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p088
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p332
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