NameThatPlant.net: Penstemon calycosus

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon calycosus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Longsepal Beardtongue

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon calycosus FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon calycosus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

2803

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: limestone ledges, other woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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
Purplish/ Bright violet usually paler inside
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens & 1 bearded staminode
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer?
Brown
Capsule

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