Penstemon hirsutus is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name hairy beard-tongue. It is native to southern Quebec and Ontario, as well as the eastern United States including Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hairy beardtongue being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Penstemon canescens
- Penstemon brevisepalus
- Penstemon tenuiflorus
- Penstemon laxiflorus
- Penstemon pallidus
- Penstemon gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Penstemon
- Species
- Penstemon hirsutus
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