Penstemon digitalis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusPenstemon
Species:Penstemon digitalis Nutt. ex Sims
Common NameFoxglove Beardtongue
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; 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 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** 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.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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: Anderson (KY), Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Boone (KY), Bracken (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Hardin (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lincoln (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Bedford (TN), Blount (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Gibson (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Meigs (TN), Overton (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1939 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100667847 Franklin Kentucky Donald K. Walker
469
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100729019 Madison Kentucky 02 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-357
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667946 Lincoln Kentucky 07 Jun 1974 William H. Martin
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Franklin Kentucky 09 Jul 1984 S. Rice
fr-725
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667979 Montgomery Kentucky 01 Jun 1984 Julian Campbell
348
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667755 Barren Kentucky 02 Jun 1978 George P. Johnson
306
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019292 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019286 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019287 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019291 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000015577 Campbell Kentucky 07 Jun 2016 Boyce, Rick
s.n.
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019295 Carroll Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019285 Todd Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667904 Hardin Kentucky 06 Jun 1978 Ray Cranfill
873
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667953 Marion Kentucky 06 Jun 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8123
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667797 Fayette Kentucky 31 May 1974 W. Meijer
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667805 Franklin Kentucky 10 Jun 1980 John MacGregor
fr-114
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
BEREA018180 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon digitalis
BEREA018181 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 28 May 2018 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019290 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019293 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194170 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194171 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0193868 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194497 Ballard Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194512 Bath Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667763 Barren Kentucky 02 Jun 1978 George P. Johnson
306
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667938 Jackson Kentucky 24 Jun 1984 Valerya Hyrne
12
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667771 Bath Kentucky 18 Jun 1974 W. Meijer
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667961 Menifee Kentucky 15 Jun 1989 Carol Hanley
261
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100861499 Menifee Kentucky 12 Jun 1979 Dell Sasser
106
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194172 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194514 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088084 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0098708 Shelby Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088097 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0002211 Christian Kentucky 17 Jun 1993 S M Noel
93-262
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088085 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088093 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
UCHT026121 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194173 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194176 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088092 McLean Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0103143 Fayette Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088091 Muhlenberg Kentucky 14 May 1979
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0002193 Sullivan Tennessee 05 Jun 1958 B Carrier
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088094 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088098 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0104330 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU011592 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
MEM009416 Crittenden Kentucky 30 May 1974 Raymond Athey
2747
MEM
Penstemon digitalis
UTM01712 Tennessee
UTM
Penstemon digitalis
31234100056850 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
199
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Jackson Kentucky 16 Jun 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4332
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100768389 Powell Kentucky 24 May 1979 Johnny Faulkner
17
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019294 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194498 Jefferson Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194177 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
BEREA024438 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088088 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0002292 Trigg Kentucky 16 Jun 1966 W H Ellis
1588
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0089132 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0002191 Cocke Tennessee 27 May 1954 A J Sharp, J P Gillespie
18187
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 14 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667862 Franklin Kentucky Donald K. Walker
239
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667896 Hardin Kentucky 06 Jun 1978 Ray Cranfill
889
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667870 Garrard Kentucky 15 Jun 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1300
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019284 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194174 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0040530 Carroll Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0104337 Montgomery Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088083 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU034628 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU011594 Haywood Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
UCHT026122 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Penstemon digitalis
UTM01711 Gibson Tennessee
UTM
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088096 Cocke Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088099 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0002199 Blount Tennessee 09 Jun 1939 Jesse M. Shaver
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
MEM005255 McCracken Kentucky 15 May 1968 Raymond Athey
164
MEM
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667748 Anderson Kentucky 15 Jun 1978 William S . Bryant
40
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Franklin Kentucky 19 Jun 1985 Steven Rice
fr-775
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667789 Estill Kentucky 15 Jun 1988 Richard G. Guetig
670
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019297 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194175 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
BEREA024638 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088086 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088082 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU011591 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Coffee Tennessee 05 Jun 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Penstemon digitalis
ETSU026468 Hawkins Tennessee 14 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19633
ETSU
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667813 Franklin Kentucky 28 May 1985
779
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667995 Rowan Kentucky 03 Jun 1999 Kim Freeman
493
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31234100667839 Franklin Kentucky Donald K. Walker
239
EKY
Penstemon digitalis
31973000019288 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0193869 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194496 Anderson Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194513 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
TENN-V-0194169 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0106946 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0106947 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0045432 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0106948 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU011593 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
BEREA018179 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Penstemon digitalis
N/A Greene Tennessee 25 May 2018 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0052762 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
APSC0088089 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU011589 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
HTTU009580 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Penstemon digitalis
ETSU008623 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Penstemon digitalis
MEM004996 Lyon Kentucky 30 May 1968 Raymond Athey
210
MEM
Penstemon digitalis
MEM008683 Livingston Kentucky 25 May 1968 Raymond Athey
195
MEM
Penstemon digitalis
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