Penstemon digitalis

Plant Information

Species:

digitalis

Species Authority:

Nutt. ex Sims

Subgenus:

Penstemon

Section:

Penstemon

Subsection:

Penstemon

Habit:

herbaceous perennial

Habit Woodiness:

herb

Lifespan:

long-lived

Plant Height - Min:

7.00dm

Plant Height - Max:

15.00dm

Habitat Description:

Fields and roadsides.

Distribution Range:

North Alabama to Kansas and Maine.

Soil Type:

Loamy to sandy loam soil in prairies, meadows, & open woodlands.

Other Notes:

Pennell indicated that P. digitalis is probably native to the Mississippi River Basin and that it has been introduced elsewhere, especially to the northeast and east, thus it closely parallels the occurence of P. tubaeflorus, another polyploid species of the Great Plains.

This species is the most widespread of the ones east of the Mississippi River.

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First Bloom:

April

Last Bloom:

July

Chromosome Number:

2n = 96

References:

McGregor RL, Barkley TM. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Lawrence Kansas: University Press of Kansas.