Common Name -  Lilac-flowered Beardtongue
	Scientific Name - Pentstemon gracilis
	Family Name -  Figwort (Scrophulariaceae)
Season	Early summer
Habitat	Prairie plant, grows well in full sun and medium to moist sandy soil.
Flower	Purple to white to pale blue. Five fused petals form a trumpet shaped blossom. Paired blossoms form loose clusters along stems extending outward from leaf axils.
Leaves	Opposite, finely toothed, sessile and lance shaped. Length 1 to 2 inches and 1/4 inch wide.
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