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

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Sawsepal Beardtongue

Penstemon glaber

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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68 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dotted Checkerspot, Anicia Checkerspot, Edith's Checkerspot, Chalcedony Midget 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Rufous Hummingbird 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Great Basin Bumble Bee, Western Tiger Swallowtail, Red-belted Bumble Bee, White-shouldered Bumble Bee 61

Children

  • Alpine Sawsepal Penstemon
  • Brandegee's Penstemon

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Water use
Medium
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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