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Penstemon barbatus |
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Penstemon, Beardlongue |
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Mexico |
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Round habit |
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18-36 inches |
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The 2 lipped, tubular flowers are borne in
terminal racemes. They are 1-2 inches long and
scarlet-pink in color. There are 5 stamens, four
of them fertile, the 5th is sterile. The sterile
stamen is often bearded, which gives rise to the
common name beardlongue. |
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Late spring to midsummer |
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Opposite, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 inches
long, entire, sometimes dentate. |
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'AIba' - White flowers.
- 'Bashful' - Orange flowers, 12 inches tall.
- 'Elfin Pink' - Clear pink flowers 12 inches tall.
- 'Hyacinth Mix' - Mixed
colors of scarlet, rose, pink, violet and dark blue.
- 'Nana Rond' - Mixture of various flower-colored flowers
on compact plants, 12-14 inches tall.
- 'Prairie Dusk' - Rose-purple flowers on 24 inches tall
stems.
- 'Prairie Fire' - Scarlet flowers on 24 inches tall stems.
- 'Rose Elf' - Rose flowers, 18 inches tall plants.
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Penstemon is derived from pente, five and stamon. stamen, meaning five stamens. |
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