NameThatPlant.net: Penstemon digitalis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon digitalis FAMILY Plantaginaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Foxglove Beardtongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon digitalis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-14-005:

Penstemon digitalis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Smooth Beardtongue

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 166-14-005:
Penstemon digitalis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

1045

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: alluvial forests, moist fields, disturbed areas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native (the original distribution is somewhat uncertain)

Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens (anthers purple) & 1 staminode bearded with white trichomes
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Capsule

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