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

species 59 observations

Lowland Beardtongue

Penstemon alluviorum

Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

23 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Verbena Bud Moth, Chalcedony Midget 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Beardtongue Scraper Bee 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Rufous Hummingbird 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Black-and-gold Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee 18

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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