Penstemon laevigatus

Common Name
Smooth beard-tongue
Eastern smooth beard-tongue
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
5.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain

Photographer: Linda J Shapiro
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Additional Info

Most characteristic of moist, low fields, meadows, roadsides, and clearings; less numerous in natural habitats such as floodplain forests, swamps, riverside prairies, upland depression swamps, and drier forests and woodlands on base-rich soils. Frequent in the piedmont; infrequent in the coastal Plain and mountains.

Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry
Number of Lepidotera Species Genus Supports
8
Earth Sangha Inventory

Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.

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