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

species 271 observations

Finetooth Beardtongue

Penstemon subserratus

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

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43 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Variable Checkerspot, Anicia Checkerspot, Edith's Checkerspot, California Tiger Moth 5
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Osmia pentstemonis 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Rufous Hummingbird 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee, Orange-tipped Wood-digger, Golden Northern Bumble Bee, Pseudomasaris vespoides 36

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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