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§1 Plant
Penstemon tenuiflorus Pennell
vernacular eastern whiteflower 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
· 67 counties across 6 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 67 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Giles 47055
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Stewart 47161
- Trousdale 47169
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PETE4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3171357 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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