Penstemon grandiflorus

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Penstemon
Species:
P. grandiflorus
Binomial name
Penstemon grandiflorus
Synonyms

Penstemon bradburyi Pursh

Penstemon grandiflorus, the large-flowered beardtongue or large beardtongue, is a perennial flowering plant endemic to the United States.[1][2] It is considered a synonym for Penstemon bradburyi by Plants of the World Online.[3][4]

The Lakota name for this plant is kimi'milia tawana'hca, butterfly flower. The Dakota people are recorded by the ethnographer Dilwyn J. Rogers as using the boiled root for chest pain.[5]

It is considered Endangered in Illinois.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Penstemon grandiflorus". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Penstemon grandiflorus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries, and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Kindscher, Kelly (1992). Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie : an Ethnobotanical Guide (1st ed.). Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 267. ISBN 0700605274.
  6. ↑ "Checklist of Illinois Endangered and Threatened Animals and Plants" (PDF). Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.


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