Beardtongue

Other names

Talus Slope Penstemon, White Foxglove

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve, McLean Bogs, Eames Bog, South Hill Swamp

Source of plant

North Creek Nurseries, The Plantsmen

Description

Stems to 1.5m, often flushed purple, sometimes rather glaucous, usually glabrous and glossy. Leaves 10-15cm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or narowly triangular, entire to dentate, glabrous below. Inflorescence paniculate, branches erect to ascending, 10-30cm, glandular-pubescent; calyx 6-7mm; corolla 2.5-3cm, white or flushed very pale violet, generally with purple nectar-guides within, tube dilated abruptly near middle; staminode hirsute.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Status

L4|SNR|G5