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

species 14 observations

Washington Beardtongue

Penstemon washingtonensis

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

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44 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Anicia Checkerspot, Edith's Checkerspot, California Tiger Moth, Kallia murtfeldtella 4
  • 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 Orange-tipped Wood-digger, Golden Northern Bumble Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee, Pseudomasaris vespoides 38

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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