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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon pallidus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pale Beardtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon pallidus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penstemon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-003:
Penstemon pallidus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon pallidus
COMMON NAME:
Pale Beardtongue, Eastern White Beardtongue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepa7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon pallidus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon pallidus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penstemon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-003:
Penstemon pallidus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon pallidus
1047
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone and shale barrens, other dry, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
with violet lines
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens & 1 staminode bearded with yellow trichomes
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p216
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p348
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p331
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p246
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p154
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