Penstemon australis

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Family:PLANTAGINACEAE
Species:Penstemon australis Small
Common Name:Southern Beardtongue; Sandhill Beardtongue; Eustis Lake Beardtongue
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PEAU
Plant Notes:Southern Beardtongue is a native short-lived perennial in the Plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It can be found throughout most of Alabama. Southern Beardtongue occurs in sandhills, on old dunes, on roadside banks, and in other dry, sandy areas. It is a perennial with a tap root. Plants consist of 1 or more upright flowering stems from a basal rosette of leaves. The basal rosette leaves are oblanceolate to obovate in outline, glabrous to pubescent, with entire or sparsely dentate (toothed) margins. Cauline (stem) leaves are opposite, narrowly lanceolate in outline, with entire or sparsely toothed margins. Stems are typically densely glandular pubescent, especially within the inflorescence. Flowers are produced in a terminal thyrse. The corolla is tubular, inflated, and two lipped. The upper lip is 2-lobed and the lower lip is three-lobed. The corolla is pink to rose-purple in color on the outside and white with dark purple lines on the inside. The prominent staminode (non-functional stamen) is densely pubescent with golden yellow hairs. The staminode protrudes from the opening of the corolla like a tongue from an open mouth, giving these plants their common name of “beard tongue”. The fruit is a capsule. Southern Beardtongue is occasionally available as plants or seed from native plant nurseries. Plants flourish in dry, nutrient poor, sandy soils in full sun. As the plants are generally short-lived, a few seed should be planted each year to assure a constant supply of flowering plants.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC- (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE - Plantain family
Genus Penstemon
Species Penstemon australis Small - Southern Beardtongue; Sandhill Beardtongue; Eustis Lake Beardtongue

Citation

Citation Penstemon australis Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1060, 1337. 1903.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: FLORIDA: Lake Co.: Vicinity of Eustis, 28 May-15 Jun 1895, Nash 1822 (holotype: NY; isotype: PH).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Penstemon australis subsp. laxiflorus Penstemon australis Small, subsp. laxiflorus (Pennell) R. W. Bennett, Phytologia 9: 58. 1963.Penstemon laxiflorus Pennell 1935. 
Penstemon australis var. ameles CITATION? FLORIDA?
Penstemon laxiflorus Penstemon laxiflorus Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 229. 1935. OKLAHOMA: Pittsburg Co.: McAlester, 27 May 1920, Pennell 10586 (holotype: PH; isotypes: GH, K, NY).
Penstemon wherryi Penstemon wherryi Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 228. 1935. ARKANSAS: Yell Co.: 2 mi. N of Havana, 29 Apr 1934, Wherry s.n. (holotype: PH).

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1892 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000014542 Mobile 17 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4352		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
UWAL0038313 Mobile 24 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
228		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_14599 Macon 9 May 1969 Gregory, J.M.
139		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00042364 Clay 30 Apr 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9071		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000009146 Dale 27 Apr 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
597		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_12258 Crenshaw 30 Apr 1965 Koelling, Alfred C.
2303		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141473 Blount 29 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2953		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_63167 Bibb 23 May 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10370		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141486 Randolph 01 Jun 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1291		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014544 Mobile 07 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
3013		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_49031 Pike 9 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4724		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0039712 Covington 19 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28213		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000023889 Chilton 03 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15268		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_22332 Lee 7 May 1970 Murchison, Grover R.
142		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU146047 Cleburne 31 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1564A		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000039102 Elmore 20 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24987		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_21872 Clay 9 May 1970 Evans, R.W.
93		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0016328 Crenshaw 20 May 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25118		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000043754 Houston 24 Apr 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27346		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_64589 Chilton 3 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15268		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00048855 Houston 04 May 1993 MacDonald, John R.
5973		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_45433 Tallapoosa 3 May 1979 Merrill, L.E.
98		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000009151 Pike 29 Apr 1993 Coleman, Dennis
7		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA000041290 Covington 19 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5778		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00042361 Autauga 15 Apr 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
458		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014540 Mobile 24 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
228		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_28805 Clay 4 May 1976 Rutland, David W.
2390		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000044707 Chilton 18 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4226		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_11474 Lee 29 Apr 1959 Beckert, Heino
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_22078 Lee 9 May 1970 Redmond, Bill
74		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0033744 Geneva 29 Apr 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9545		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000036516 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
558		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_17209 Lee 12 Jul 1969 Thornhill, Randy
110		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141481 Geneva 04 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
47190		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000050039 Macon 24 Apr 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5470		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_35477 Macon 10 Apr 1974 Hutto, T.A.
177		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0016325 Crenshaw 20 May 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25118		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000047697 Autauga 17 Apr 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1618		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_46551 Escambia 6 May 1978 Lamb, Trip
115		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000046948 Mobile 24 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
228		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_65150 Dale 11 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15333		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141484 Limestone 10 May 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00451		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000029241 Butler 18 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20594		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_9398 Lee 2 May 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
456		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA000042558 Covington 25 Apr 1990 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000009143 Bullock 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16320		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_65735 Russell 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16298		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0004145 Covington 09 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96311		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_8078 Lee 12 May 1956 Brady, Jr., V.E.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0014666 Houston 30 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23972		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
UNA00014073 Tuscaloosa 24 May 1973 Wooten, Charles
40		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014537 Baldwin 27 Apr 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8377		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
UWAL0010883 Pike 24 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22975		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000009166 Pike 05 May 1989 Blanton, Lola M.
s.n.		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_14598 Lee 7 May 1969 Seay, J.R.
112		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141479 Cleburne 14 Apr 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9665		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
JSU141478 Calhoun 04 May 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_8909 Crenshaw 30 Apr 1965 Gamble, Tom
56		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141480 Cleburne 09 May 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1231		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000009148 Geneva 18 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17583		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
UWAL0019209 Chilton 18 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4226		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_9475 Tallapoosa 7 May 1961 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
630		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0038329 Baldwin 27 Apr 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8377		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_65860 Bullock 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16320		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0030394 Bibb 23 May 1993 Kral, Robert
82496		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_52751 Covington 5 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6880		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0013818 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
558		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
ALNHS00005658 Geneva 20 Jun 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3917		 ALNHS
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_39521 Autauga 15 Apr 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
458		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0044222 Baldwin 23 Apr 2000 McArthur, Jill D.
278		 UWAL
Penstemon ausralis Small
TROY000009145 Dale 11 May 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15333		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014543 Mobile 30 Jun 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3329		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_34000 Bibb 10 May 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1261		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00024302 Randolph 15 May 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
681		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_26472 Geneva 7 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35101		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000023713 Geneva 10 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96367		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014538 Baldwin 20 Apr 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7587		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_19311 Escambia 25 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
497-69		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000023714 Henry 01 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19135		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_48978 Henry 22 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4832		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA000039493 Calhoun 23 Apr 1968 O'Neal, Judy
 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000009152 Russell 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16298		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_52179 Coffee 26 Apr 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8200		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA000031246 Covington 18 May 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4699		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_22079 Macon 15 May 1970 Blankinship, B.P.
110		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_8049 Lee 2 Apr 1959 Roman, J.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00017640 Talladega 30 Apr 1972 Kral, Robert
46068		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
UWAL0004144 Butler 18 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20594		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
UNA00014055 Mobile 14 Apr 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_15287 Lee 11 May 1966 Searcy, James W.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141487 St. Clair 12 May 1983 De Fiori, Cecilia M.
079		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000046863 Monroe 27 Apr 1975 Lelong, Michel G.
8377		 TROY
Penstemon australis Smale
USAM000014541 Mobile 17 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4352		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
UWAL0046690 Autauga 17 Apr 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1618		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_12405 Cleburne 13 Apr 1967 Gray, Bill
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141483 Lee 05 May 1966 Wilson, J.R.
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000023890 Cleburne 30 Apr 2004 Kral, Robert
95043		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_22333 Lee 17 May 1970 Knotts, Carl R.
236		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0038502 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7844		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_4261 Lee 29 Apr 1955 Harvey, William
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0043461 Baldwin 10 Apr 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
673		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_52774 Geneva 5 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6894		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0004146 Sumter 13 Apr 1998 White, James E.
B-116		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
ALNHS00002753 Covington 20 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1370		 ALNHS
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_17885 Lee 27 Apr 1970 Murchison, Grover R.
82		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU146022 Cleburne 21 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1525		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000046352 Covington 19 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28213		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_4267 Lee 2 May 1949 Cunningham, Hugh B.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_34045 Bibb 12 May 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1326		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000009147 Escambia 07 May 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
181		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_26936 Crenshaw 28 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34603		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000023712 Covington 09 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96311		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
USAM000014539 Mobile 20 Apr 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3063		 USAM
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_63324 Lowndes 20 Apr 2003 Mohning, K.R.
39		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000009150 Pike 22 Apr 1991 Dean, Brenda
11		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA000037954 Macon 24 Apr 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5470		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small Var.
SAMF0008338 Blount 03 May 2023 Davenport, L.J.
7074		 SAMF
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_4262 Lee 8 Apr 1955 Alford, H.G.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_28898 Clay 6 May 1976 Rutland, David W.
2497		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_22331 Macon 28 May 1970 Blankenchip, B.P.
183		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_4277 Lee 20 Apr 1949 Richards, Helen
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141475 Calhoun 02 May 1979 Broome, Tony
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_4276 Lee 2 May 1949 Turner, H.F.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00060109 Bibb 23 May 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10370		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000009149 Pike 19 Jul 2001 Threlkeld, Steven J.
1464		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_4274 Lee Johnstone, George R.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0030557 Covington 04 May 1987 Kral, Robert
73925		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
JSU141477 Calhoun 04 May 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_67170 Wilcox 7 Apr 2006 Mckinney, K.A.
019		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UNA00014053 St. Clair 25 May 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_52763 Dale 29 Apr 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6850		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141485 Randolph 16 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_21873 Cleburne 16 May 1970 Shehane, Ronnie
107		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141474 Blount 29 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2953		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_30276 Cleburne 14 May 1976 Rutland, David W.
2688		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
TROY000032735 Bullock 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21973		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_11435 Houston 8 Apr 1967 Barrick, William E.
S.N.		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
AUA_ACC_49010 Bullock 9 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4740		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0032996 Houston 24 Apr 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27346		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000009144 Crenshaw 21 Apr 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13055		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_37127 Monroe 22 Apr 1981 O'Halloran, K.
86		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
JSU141482 Houston 02 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46164		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000037624 Houston 30 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23972		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
AUA_ACC_23983 Chilton 20 May 1971 Freeman, John D.
718		 AUA
Penstemon Australis Small
UWAL0016192 Elmore 20 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24987		 UWAL
Penstemon australis Small
TROY000023891 St. Clair 16 May 1980 Kral, Robert
65102		 TROY
Penstemon australis Small
JSU141476 Calhoun 04 May 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Penstemon australis Small
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