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Photographer: James R. Sime
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.
hairy beard-tongue, northeastern 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
hirsutus: covered with hair
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall forb, usually with several stems |
| Flower: | purple with white lobes, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, tubular, very slender tube much longer than the lobes, throat almost closed by the arching lower lobe, 5 stamens (1 infertile); inflorescence a cluster with upward-pointing branches; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | opposite |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, fields |
| (Glossary) |
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