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Common Name - Large-flowered Penstemon |
| Scientific Name - Penstemon grandiflorus |
| Family Name - Figwort (Scrophulariaceae) |
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Season |
Perennial, late spring to early summer |
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Habitat |
Prairies, open fields and roadsides. |
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Flower |
Bell shaped with two lips, in a spike
like terminal cluster, pale purple, 11/2 to 2 inches long with
5 stamens. One stamen is hairy and the anther is missing. |
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Leaves |
Opposite, entire, somewhat oblong
in shape. |
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