Penstemon digitalis
Encyclopedia
Penstemon digitalis is a plant
in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae
. The flowers are white, borne in summer. It is native to Eastern and Southeastern United States
. Its common name is Beardtongue.http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PEDI
with opposite, simple leaves
, on slender, purple stems. It is sometimes called beardtongue, as the stamen has small tufts of "hair".http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=G590
It produces tubular white flowers on 2 to 3 foot stems over attractive dark green foliage. The flowers are produced in June adding color to the prairie
garden. Grows in any moist soil in full sun.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...
. The flowers are white, borne in summer. It is native to Eastern and Southeastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its common name is Beardtongue.http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PEDI
Description
Penstemon digitalis is a herbaceous plantHerbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
with opposite, simple leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
, on slender, purple stems. It is sometimes called beardtongue, as the stamen has small tufts of "hair".http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=G590
It produces tubular white flowers on 2 to 3 foot stems over attractive dark green foliage. The flowers are produced in June adding color to the prairie
Prairie
Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...
garden. Grows in any moist soil in full sun.