PLANTS Profile for Penstemon laevigatus (eastern smooth beardtongue)

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Penstemon laevigatus Aiton
eastern smooth beardtongue

Symbol:

PELA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Penstemon penstemon

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 184. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

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Synonyms:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

PEPE17

Penstemon penstemon (L.) Britton

Distribution:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton


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Related Taxa:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 249 species in Penstemon

Classification:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Penstemon Schmidel – beardtongue
Species	Penstemon laevigatus Aiton – eastern smooth beardtongue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
smooth beardtongue		Endangered
Ohio:
smooth beard-tongue		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33929.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 05:58 PM CDT