Penstemon pallidus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusPenstemon
Species:Penstemon pallidus Small
Common NamePale Beardtongue
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Caldwell (KY), Clark (KY), Clay (KY), Clinton (KY), Estill (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Jackson (KY), Knott (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Letcher (KY), Lincoln (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Menifee (KY), Owen (KY), Perry (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Whitley (KY), Cannon (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Roane (TN), Stewart (TN), Union (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: MEM, UCHT, BEREA, TENN, MTSU, APSC, EKY

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100668670 Laurel Kentucky 16 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1710
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668464 Caldwell Kentucky 07 May 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne
7205.5
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668712 Letcher Kentucky 20 May 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
99
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668449 Barren Kentucky 22 May 1979 George P. Johnson
714
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668605 Hardin Kentucky 26 May 1978 Ray Cranfill
710
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668738 Lincoln Kentucky 29 May 1991 Ronald L. Jones
7350
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668530 Estill Kentucky 27 Apr 1977 S. Hanscom
13
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194235 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194234 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
BEREA018193 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668647 Knott Kentucky 15 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2336
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668787 Madison Kentucky 28 May 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6108
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668522 Clinton Kentucky 29 Jun 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-195
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668837 Rockcastle Kentucky 30 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1997
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668795 Marion Kentucky 03 May 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
4742
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194233 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0106939 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668886 Cheatham Tennessee 15 May 1976 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668803 Menifee Kentucky 28 Apr 1998 Ben Stacy
17
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668613 Hardin Kentucky 24 May 1978 Ray Cranfill
650
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194237 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194238 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0078154 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT026155 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040609 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040608 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040607 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0054605 Dickson Tennessee 10 Apr 2012 R. Shepard, D. Estes
7
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668860 Whitley Kentucky 09 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1505
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668720 Letcher Kentucky 29 Jun 1974 William H. Martin
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668514 Clay Kentucky 17 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1783
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668761 Madison Kentucky 15 May 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4264
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668472 Clark Kentucky 15 May 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
324
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668548 Estill Kentucky 01 May 1968 Nancy Hill
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194241 Union Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194236 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0002159 Stewart Tennessee 21 May 1966 W H Ellis, A Clebsch
1130
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668621 Jackson Kentucky 27 Apr 1978 Pickerill
26
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100859717 Powell Kentucky 09 May 1973 Johnnie B. Varner
7868
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668688 Laurel Kentucky 24 May 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-713
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668589 Garrard Kentucky 01 Jun 1983 Donna A. Godbey
198
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668506 Clay Kentucky 18 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1836
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668597 Garrard Kentucky 25 Jun 1983 Donna A. Godbey
299
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
BEREA018192 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0244835 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668829 Perry Kentucky 12 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2241
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100349123 Knox Kentucky 28 May 1993 Deborah White
201
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668480 Clark Kentucky 26 Jun 1994 Ralph L. Thompson
94-221
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668571 Franklin Kentucky 26 May 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
4981
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668811 Owen Kentucky 16 May 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9399
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194240 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040613 Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT026154 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
MTSU019512 Cannon Tennessee
MTSU
Penstemon pallidus
MTSU019513 Cannon Tennessee
MTSU
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668498 Clay Kentucky 30 May 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2720
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668696 Lee Kentucky 28 May 1993 Timothy J. Weckman
373
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668977 Hardin Kentucky 08 May 1977 Ray Cranfill
162
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668662 Knox Kentucky 28 May 1993 Deborah White
201
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668555 Estill Kentucky 26 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2582
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668704 Letcher Kentucky 01 Jul 1974 William H. Martin
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100737855 Madison Kentucky 26 Jun 1982 Ronald L. Jones
3678
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668753 Madison Kentucky 19 May 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4271
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668639 Jackson Kentucky 01 Jul 1987 Joe Abner
777
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
BEREA018191 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon pallidus
BEREA018194 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon pallidus
TENN-V-0194239 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0002224 Hickman Tennessee 07 May 2001 D Estes
2105
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0002226 Montgomery Tennessee 03 May 1973 E W Chester
2573
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0106940 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
MTSU019511 Cannon Tennessee
MTSU
Penstemon pallidus
MEM004226 Logan Kentucky 10 May 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
6943
MEM
Penstemon pallidus
MEM015951 Bell Kentucky 05 Jun 1975 Raymond Athey
3063
MEM
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668456 Bell Kentucky 14 May 1974 J. Stuart Lassetter
2048
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668936 Hardin Kentucky 19 May 1978 Ray Cranfill
558
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668852 Whitley Kentucky 19 May 1980 Rob Jacobs
140803
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
APSC0002225 Montgomery Tennessee 01 May 1948 A Clebsch
7508
APSC
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040610 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
MEM005262 Livingston Kentucky 25 May 1968 Raymond Athey
195
MEM
Penstemon pallidus
MEM003318 Livingston Kentucky 09 May 1969 Raymond Athey
608
MEM
Penstemon pallidus
UCHT040612 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668779 Madison Kentucky 01 May 1977 Ross Winder
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668746 Lincoln Kentucky 29 May 1991 Ronald L. Jones
7356a
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
31234100668845 Wayne Kentucky 08 May 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2555
EKY
Penstemon pallidus
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