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§1 Plant
Penstemon canescens (Britton) Britton
vernacular eastern gray beardtongue — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Penstemon
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 225 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 225 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Franklin 21073
- Harlan 21095
- Jefferson 21111
- Knott 21119
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Madison 21151
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PECA8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171363 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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