Index / Search / Penstemon pallidus
§1 Plant
Penstemon pallidus Small
vernacular pale 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 Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 416 counties across 27 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 416 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Warren 21227
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 89 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Henrico 51087
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEPA7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171507 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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