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§1 Plant
Penstemon gracilis Nutt.
vernacular lilac penstemon — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Penstemon
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 187 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 187 counties across 12 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Montana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
South Dakota view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Campbell 46021
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Edmunds 46045
- Faulk 46049
- Hand 46059
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Yankton 46135
Wisconsin view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marquette 55077
- Monroe 55081
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEGR5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171415 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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