Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Penstemon dissectus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon dissectus
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Beardtongue, Grit Beardtongue
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JK Marlow jkm160417_404
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Flower clusters open, branching, at the top of the stem, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
JK Marlow jkm160417_406
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
This species is unmistakable because of its bipinnatifid cauline leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Alan Cressler alc_7174683904
May Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Flowers about 1" long with an inflated tube & a purple-streaked white throat, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Penstemon dissectus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Penstemon dissectus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Penstemon dissectus
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