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#Penstemon sp

 

COMMON NAME:
Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]


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image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2611

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2613

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4703

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4705

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4705b

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4718

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

(upside down)

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4746

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3138

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3140

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Oddly, the plant pictured here (and in 3138-3157) did not have the expected dark purple guidelines.

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3144

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3145

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3150

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3155

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Penstemon sp. [of the Appalachian Piedmont], Beardtongue [Glassy Mtn HP]

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3157

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 


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#Penstemon sp

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4770

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 fertile stamens & 1 bearded staminode
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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