Penstemon pallidus

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE
Species:	Penstemon pallidus Small
Common Name:	Pale Beardtongue; White Beardtongue
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	PEPA7
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, FACU (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	PLANTAGINACEAE - Plantain family
Genus	Penstemon
Species	Penstemon pallidus Small - Pale Beardtongue; White Beardtongue

Citation

Citation	Penstemon pallidus Small, Flora of the Southeastern United States 1060, 1337. 1903.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TENNESSEE: Cumberland County, Crossville, oak woods over shale, Pennell (11311), 30-31 May 1923 (isotype: MO).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Penstemon arkansanus var. pubescens
Penstemon brevisepalus

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, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Covington, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU141535	Calhoun	15 May 1953	Carolyn Mayes s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014062	Tuscaloosa	23 May 1974	Cynthia Lewis 32	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141552	Etowah	26 Apr 1994	L. M. Hodge 1289	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
TROY000009165	Butler	10 May 2007	Alvin R. Diamond 17522	TROY Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00064982	St. Clair	15 Apr 2006	Brian R. Keener 2777	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014072	Tuscaloosa	9 May 1963	Glenn O. Burnham 22	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
AUA_ACC017887	Clay	9 MAY 1970	BENIWAL, S. P. 96	AUA PENSTEMON PALLIDUS SMALL
TROY000023908	Etowah	09 Jun 1993	J. M. Ballard 2755	TROY Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141539	Calhoun	07 Oct 1986	C. L. Lawler 1388	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014070	Shelby	9 May 1981	Charles N. Horn 284	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141553	Jackson	15 May 1998	K. R. Brodeur 685	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
TROY000047389	Autauga	02 May 2017	Matthew R. Parker 702	TROY Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141540	Calhoun	10 May 1993	J. M. Ballard 1644	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014061	Tuscaloosa	23 May 1974	F. Jusino 27	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141547	Chilton	02 May 1953	Charles Ross Smith s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00059395	Jackson	9 Jun 2002	D. D. Spaulding 11361	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141545	Calhoun	02 May 1956	Martha Ann Haynes s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014065	Bibb	15 May 1987	Robert Burckhalter 992	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014074	Tuscaloosa	23 May 1974	Brown 31	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141543	Calhoun	06 May 1982	R. D. Whetstone 10992	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014056	Calhoun	7 May 1979	John H. Wiersema 658	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141557	St. Clair	12 May 1983	C. F. Nixon 162	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141558	Shelby	23 Jun 1997	D. Keener Morrow O28	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UWAL0037234	Coosa	20 May 2016	Spaulding, Daniel D. 14635	UWAL Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141560	Shelby	04 Apr 1993	R. D. Whetstone 16358	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
TROY000023909	Jackson	06 Jun 2002	Daniel D. Spaulding 11361	TROY Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU145744	Cleburne	31 Jul 1992	F. Hutchinson 738	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UWAL0017051	Talladega	04 May 2014	Spaulding, Dan 13908	UWAL Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141556	St. Clair	12 May 1983	R. D. Whetstone 12186	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141538	Calhoun	01 May 1986	C. L. Lawler 195	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141559	Shelby	23 Jun 1997	D. Keener Morrow O29	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141549	Clay	21 Apr 1994	J. M. Ballard 3555	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014071	Jefferson	19 May 1974	Alan Cunningham s.n.	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
AUA_ACC033864	Shelby	26 APR 1977	SESSLER, ANN H. 1095	AUA PENSTEMON PALLIDUS SMALL
JSU141541	Calhoun	01 May 1967	G. Collier s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141554	Jackson	22 May 1975	S. D. Durham 447	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141546	Cherokee	05 May 1983	C. F. Nixon 68	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141536	Calhoun	02 May 1999	D. D. Spaulding 593	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UWAL0037177	Clay	13 May 2016	Spaulding, Daniel D. 14601	UWAL Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141542	Calhoun	05 May 1967	N. Harris s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00042418	Tuscaloosa	9 May 1989	Robert Burckhalter 1620	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00050187	Calhoun	1 May 1986	C. L. Lawler 195	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141561	Talladega	11 May 1982	R. D. Whetstone 11020	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
AUA_ACC026320	Sumter	20 APR 1965	KRAL, ROBERT 23783	AUA PENSTEMON PALLIDUS SMALL
JSU141544	Calhoun	02 May 1987	C. L. Lawler 1580	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014068	St. Clair	26 May 1892	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141551	Cleburne	27 May 1994	J. M. Ballard 4044	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014059	Bibb	17 May 1979	S. J. Creitz 9	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
AUA_ACC051692	Covington	6 MAY 1988	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 4703	AUA PENSTEMON PALLIDUS SMALL
JSU141548	Clay	01 May 1993	J. M. Ballard 1690	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141550	Cleburne	09 May 1994	S. E. Hruska 149	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00014063	Tuscaloosa	25 May 1974	Terry Raycraft s.n.	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141537	Calhoun	06 May 1986	C. L. Lawler 305	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
UNA00042376	Bibb	10 May 1986	Charles N. Horn 1078	UNA Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141555	Jefferson	18 May 1984	J. P. Barber 489	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
AUA_ACC066626	DeKalb	12 MAY 1988	DICKSON, C. C. 1304	AUA PENSTEMON PALLIDUS SMALL
JSU141562	Talladega	05 May 1992	J. M. Ballard 99	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small
JSU141534	Blount	22 Apr 1967	S. Sanford s.n.	JSU Penstemon pallidus Small

View a List of All Ecological Communities

For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 11/27/2019

Web Development: The Florida Center for Community Design + Research

A member of the University of South Florida family of PlantAtlas.org sites

Citation Information:

Keener, B. R., A.R. Diamond, L. J. Davenport, P. G. Davison, S. L. Ginzbarg, C. J. Hansen, C. S. Major, D. D. Spaulding, J. K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2019. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

Data, text, and images licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Penstemon pallidus

Related Links

Classification

Citation

Synonyms

Specimens and Distribution