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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.
large beard-tongue, large-flowered 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
grandiflorus: large-flowered
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 12"-40" tall forb, smooth throughout |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, to 2" long, tubular, smooth inside and out, widely flaring lips; inflorescence a 6"-12" cluster of 2-4 short-stalked flowers in the leaf axil; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | opposite, entire, becoming shorter and somewhat clasping towards the top, waxy-looking |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry; prairies, inland sands; in sandy, gravelly soil |
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