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Photographer: Dan Tenaglia
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Penstemon pallidus Small
eastern white beard-tongue, pale beard-tongue
Penstemon: from the Greek pente, "five," and stemon, "stamen," for the fifth stamen, referring to the staminode, or just an allusion to the fact that it has five stamens
pallidus: pale
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-28" tall forb, hairy throughout |
| Flower: | white with purple lines in the throat, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" long, tubular, tube much longer than the slightly-flaring lobes, throat open and flat, 5 stamens (1 infertile); inflorescence a 4"-10" cluster with upward-pointing branches; blooms April-June |
| Leaf: | opposite |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, fields |
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