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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Beardtongues
  8. Penstemon
  9. Caespitosi

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Caespitosi

Caespitosi

Includes
8 native 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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  • Toadflax Beardtongue native
  • Mat Penstemon native
  • Crandall's Beardtongue native
  • Pineneedle Beardtongue native
  • Thompson's Beardtongue native
  • California Beardtongue native
  • Germander Beardtongue
  • Firleaf Beardtongue presumed native
  • Tushar Bluemat Penstemon native
  • Catalina Beardtongue
  • Adobe Hills Beardtongue

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Caespitosi All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Toadflax Beardtongue Penstemon linarioides caterpillars 6 food 3 flowers 46
  • Mat Penstemon Penstemon caespitosus caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 48
  • Pineneedle Beardtongue Penstemon pinifolius caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 38
  • Thompson's Beardtongue Penstemon thompsoniae caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 44
  • Crandall's Beardtongue Penstemon crandallii caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 40
  • California Beardtongue Penstemon californicus caterpillars 4 food 1 flowers 32
  • Firleaf Beardtongue Penstemon abietinus caterpillars 3 food 1 flowers 31
  • Tushar Bluemat Penstemon Penstemon xylus caterpillars 3 food 1 flowers 26

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