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Encyclopedia > Penstemon barbatus
Golden-beard Penstemon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Penstemon
Species

Penstemon barbatus

The Golden-beard Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus), also known as the Beardlip penstemon, is a wildflower of the western United States, one of the genus Penstemon. The plant has spikes of clustered, tubular, scarlet blossoms with yellow hairs on their lower lip; the flowers are attractive to hummingbirds. It's commonly grown in xeriscape and conventional gardens, and several cultivars of different colors have been developed.


Its common names include Goldfield and Scarlet bugler.


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Penstemon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1014 words)
Penstemon bicolor (Brandeg.) Clokey and Keck pinto beardtongue, pinto penstemon
Penstemon ophianthus Pennell Arizona beardtongue, coiled anther penstemon
Penstemon watsonii Gray Watson's penstemon, Watson's beardtongue, Watson penstemon
Penstemon barbatus subsp. coccineus (76 words)
This penstemon is a small, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 1-1.5' tall.
Penstemon in Greek means five stamens (four are fertile and one is sterile).
Penstemon is sometimes commonly called beard tongue because the sterile stamen has a tuft of small hairs.
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