Flower ID: IMG_1595.JPG-06-12-2022 Flower name (scientific): Penstemon grandiflorus Nuttall PY: 1813. Plants of the World Online treats this as a syonymn of Penstemon bradburyi Pursh, but the FNA does not. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) PEN-stem-on gran-dih-FLOR-us Flower name (common): Large Beardtongue Family name (common): Plantain Family name (scientific): Plantaginaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek pente for five and stemon for a stamen, hence, having five stamens. Specific epithet: With large flowers. Common name origin: From the size of the flowers and beardtongue refers to the hairy (bearded) staminode (sterile stamen) inside the corolla tube, which supposedly resembles a tongue. Flower description: Size: 1.4 to 2.0 inches (3.6 to 5.1 cm) long Petal count: 2 lips, with the upper lip having 2 rounded lobes and lower lip having 3 rounded lobes, giving the possible appearance of 5 petals. Color: pink or pinkish lavender or lavender Other: flower arrangement, Whorl Plant description: Size: 12 to 40 inches (30 to 102 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple Size: Basal and proximal cauline leaves up to 16 cm long and 5 cm wide. Cauline leaves up to 9 to 11 cm long and 5 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, basal and proximal cauline spatulate to obovate, cauline spatulate to orbiculate (FNA), basal ovate to obovate and stem leaves ovate to ovate-cordate (IL), basal oblanceolate to spatulate or obovate, stem leaves oblanceolate to spatulate (lower) to circular or depressed-ovate (MB) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, savannas, roadsides, dry, sandy soil, sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Dakota, Kiowa, and Pawnee used the plant to treat ailments that included chest pains, stomachaches, and fever (Moerman, p. 384, 1998). Latitude: 44.796898 Longitude: -91.513812 Altitude: 274.00 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY) In Canada: References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na