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§1 Plant
Penstemon angustifolius Nutt. ex Pursh
vernacular broadbeard beardtongue — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Penstemon
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 119 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 9–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 7–8.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Moderate
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 313,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 119 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Custer 08027
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Fremont 08043
- Gilpin 08047
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Montezuma 08083
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Kansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Platte 31141
- Rock 31149
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEAN4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171336 ↗Record version
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