Small's Beardtongue
Penstemon smallii
Small's beardtongue is a showy Appalachian penstemon with dense spikes of rose-purple, white-throated tubes, thriving on rocky slopes in sun to part shade.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.33 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~8 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, GA, NC, SC, TN
Related native plants
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