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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Slender-Flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon tenuiflorus)

 

 This wildflower is a member of the Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family).

This occasional flower can be found in dry woods, barrens, glade margins and limestone cedar glades. The flowering stem can be 16-32" tall, is hairy and the corolla from 0.8 to 1.2" long is distinctly 2-lipped, white with an almost closed lower lip. Bloom time May - June.

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