Index / Search / Penstemon hirsutus
§1 Plant
Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.
vernacular hairy beardtongue — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Penstemon
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 357 counties across 19 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 357 counties across 19 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Marion 17121
- Ogle 17141
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bourbon 21017
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Scott 21209
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
Ohio view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Mason 54053
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEHI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171613 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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