PLANTS Profile for Penstemon canescens (eastern gray beardtongue)

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Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton
eastern gray beardtongue

Symbol:

PECA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

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Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

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Synonyms:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

	PEBR19	Penstemon brittoniorum Pennell
	PECAB	Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton var. brittoniorum (Pennell) Pennell
	PECAT	Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton var. typicus Pennell

Distribution:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton


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USA (AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 249 species in Penstemon

Classification:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Penstemon Schmidel – beardtongue
Species	Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton – eastern gray beardtongue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
gray beardtongue		Threatened
Ohio:
gray beard-tongue		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33846.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 11:06 AM CDT