| Scientific Name: | Penstemon barbatus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | beard tongue |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, Violet, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves sessile, opposite, lanceolate, (5-)8-12(-15)cm long x 1-3cm wide, margin entire to serrulate; inflorescence elongate, panicle-like (thyrse), flowers tubular, bilaterally symmetrical 2-5cm long x 1-2cm wide. | |