Index / Search / Penstemon laevigatus
§1 Plant
Penstemon laevigatus Aiton
vernacular eastern smooth 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 324 counties across 17 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 324 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leflore 28083
- Marshall 28093
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Yazoo 28163
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Weakley 47183
Virginia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PELA8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171542 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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