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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penstemon dissectus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon dissectus
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
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JK Marlow jkm160417_399
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_404
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Flower clusters open, branching, at the top of the stem, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm160417_405
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_406
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
This species is unmistakable because of its bipinnatifid cauline leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Alan Cressler alc_7174683904
May Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Flowers about 1" long with an inflated tube & a purple-streaked white throat, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penstemon dissectus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon dissectus
4007
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Altamaha Grit outcrops, sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare (endemic to Altamaha Grit outcrops and other sandy areas in south Georgia)
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LEAVES:
Simple: Finely dissected (bipinnatifid)
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish/ Pale violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens & 1 bearded staminode
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p261
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p088
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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