Penstemon digitalis

학명 : Penstemon digitalis Nutt. ex Sims.

분류 : 현삼과(Scrophulariaceae)/(신) Plantaginaceae

 

사진 : 2021.09.16 푸른수목원

 

아래것은 품종  'Husker Red'이다

 

 

아래 : 2022.03.03 푸른수목원

 

 

 

아래 : 2024.06.13 여주황학산수목원

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Wikipedia

 

Penstemon digitalis (known by the common names foxglove beard-tongue,[2] foxglove beardtongue, talus slope penstemon,[3] and white beardtongue[4]) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The flowers are white and are borne in summer. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern and southeastern United States.[2] Penstemon digitalis is the most widespread species of Penstemon east of the Mississippi River.[5]

 

Description

 

Close-up of flower blooming in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh

Penstemon digitalis is a glabrous 3 to 5 foot tall herbaceous plant with opposite, shiny green, simple leaves, on slender, purple stems. The leaves are up to 5 inches long. While upright, the stems average anywhere from 2 to 3 feet tall. The flowering panicle extends to almost one third of the plant's height and has pairs of branches which repeat with two flowers multiple times. The pedicels are almost one fourth of an inch long and produce 1.25 inch long two-lipped tubular flowers over dark green foliage. The flowers have tiny white hairs on the outside of the tube. The plant has elliptic basal leaves and lance-shaped to oblong stem leaves.[6][7]

 

The species was originally described as "Fox-Glove-Like Pentstemon" (sic) and the specific epithet digitalis is a direct reference to the foxglove genus Digitalis. The plant grows in moist, sandy soil in full sun in meadows, prairies, fields, wood margins, open woods and along railroad tracks.[6][8] Its bloom period is from late spring to early summer. The plant is known to attract butterflies, bees, and birds such as hummingbirds. It tolerates deer browsing.[6][8]