🌿 Family

Plantaginaceae

339 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Plantaginaceae

Penstemon gentianoides (Kunth) Poir.

Penstemon gentianoides is a shrubby perennial herb native to Mexico and Central America, used in Mexican traditional medicine.

Penstemon glaber Pursh

Penstemon glaber, or sawsepal penstemon, is a herbaceous flowering penstemon native to the Rocky Mountains, popular in cultivation.

Penstemon gracilentus A.Gray

Penstemon gracilentus, or slender penstemon, is a long-lived perennial herb native to parts of three western U.S. states.

Penstemon gracilis Nutt.

Penstemon gracilis Nutt. (slender penstemon) is a perennial flowering plant native to central North America, grown for xeriscape gardening.

Penstemon grinnellii Eastw.

Grinnell's beardtongue (Penstemon grinnellii Eastw.) is a endemic California perennial penstemon with purple-tinged white to violet tubular flowers.

Penstemon hallii A.Gray

Penstemon hallii, or Hall's penstemon, is a small alpine penstemon endemic to Colorado, grown by alpine gardening enthusiasts.

Penstemon heterodoxus A.Gray

Penstemon heterodoxus A.Gray is a perennial herb with clustered dark purple-blue tubular flowers, growing upright or as a low spreading mat.

Penstemon heterophyllus Lindl.

Penstemon heterophyllus is a perennial herb cultivated as an ornamental for low-water gardens, with colorful tubular flowers.

Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.

Penstemon hirsutus, or hairy beard-tongue, is a perennial flowering plant native to Canada and eastern US, growing in dry open habitats.

Penstemon humilis Nutt. ex A.Gray

Penstemon humilis, low beardtongue, is a flowering subshrub or perennial herb native to the western United States.

Penstemon labrosus (A.Gray) Mast. ex Hook.fil.

San Gabriel beardtongue (Penstemon labrosus) is a perennial penstemon native to mountain ranges of California and Baja California.

Penstemon laetus A.Gray

Penstemon laetus, commonly mountain blue penstemon, is a perennial herb native to inland mountains of Oregon and California.

Penstemon laevigatus Aiton

Penstemon laevigatus (eastern smooth beardtongue) is a summer-flowering Plantaginaceae plant native to much of the Eastern United States, growing in sun or shade.

Penstemon linarioides A.Gray

Penstemon linarioides is a Penstemon species with several common names, native to parts of the southwestern United States.

Penstemon multiflorus (Benth.) Chapm. ex Small

Penstemon multiflorus is a perennial flowering plant native to parts of the southeastern United States.

Penstemon murrayanus Hook.

Penstemon murrayanus, or scarlet beardtongue, is a flowering plant endemic to the south-central United States.

Penstemon newberryi A.Gray

Penstemon newberryi is a low-growing native North American penstemon with bright magenta flowers, grown ornamentally.

Penstemon pallidus Small

Penstemon pallidus, pale beardtongue, is a flower native to eastern US and introduced to Canada.

Penstemon palmeri A.Gray

Penstemon palmeri (Palmer's penstemon) is a fragrant, drought-tolerant evergreen perennial native to western North American desert mountains.

Penstemon parryi A.Gray

Penstemon parryi is a Sonoran Desert native perennial wildflower popular in xeriscaping that attracts hummingbirds.

Penstemon procerus Douglas ex Graham

Penstemon procerus, or littleflower penstemon, is a variable plant with a cultivated cultivar holding an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Penstemon pruinosus Douglas

Penstemon pruinosus is a small blue-flowered beardtongue native to arid open habitats of Washington and British Columbia.

Penstemon pseudospectabilis M.E.Jones

Penstemon pseudospectabilis, also called desert penstemon, is a desert-native penstemon species native to the southwestern US.

Penstemon richardsonii Douglas

Penstemon richardsonii is a shrubby-based perennial flowering plant native to dry rocky habitats east of the North American Cascades.

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