General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Wildlife Attractant: Bees

Common names
  • Cleveland's Beardtongue
  • Cleveland Penstemon
  • Beard Tongue
  • Pride of the Mountain
  • Penstemon

Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 30, 2013 12:22 AM concerning plant:
    "Penstemon clevelandii is a species of penstemon known by the common name Cleveland's beardtongue. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in mountain and desert habitat such as scrub, woodland, and chaparral. It is a perennial herb with upright, branching stems 70 centimeters in maximum height. The thick leaves are oval in shape, sometimes toothed, and 2 to 6 centimeters in length. The inflorescence produces tubular flowers with expanded, lipped mouths. The flower is pink to magenta in color, up to 2.4 centimeters in length, and somewhat glandular on the outer surface."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

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