Penstemon arkansanus

Plant Information
Species: 
arkansanus
Species Authority: 
Pennell
Subgenus: 
Penstemon
Section: 
Penstemon
Subsection: 
Penstemon
Habit: 
herbaceous perennial
Habit Woodiness:
 
herbaceous
Lifespan: 
long-lived
Plant Height - Max: 
4.00dm
Habitat Description: 
Shale and sandstone woods.
Distribution Range: 
Arkansas, sw Missouri, eastern Oklahoma. Ozark and Ouachita plateaus from the White River southward, westward to eastern border of the Osage Plains; extending southeastward along the Arkansas River into the West Gulf Coastal Plain, to Lincoln County, Arkansas.
Soil Type: 
Shale and sandstone.
Common Name: 
Arkansas Penstemon
Other Notes: 

All photos by Andi Wolfe ©2017 - if you would like to use any of these photos, contact Andi Wolfe at Ohio State University (https://eeob.osu.edu/people/wolfe.205).

First Bloom: 
Late April
Last Bloom: 
Early June
References: 

Pennell, Francis W. (1935) The Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Mongraphs, Number 1.