Penstemon digitalis
Siting Information
- Date:
June 10, 2021
- Time:
11:10 a.m.
- Location:
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
- Habitat:
wildflower garden area in front of visitor's center
- Weather: approximately
75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid
This foxglove beardtongue cluster was about three feet high. The leaves were easy to categorize: opposite, growing in pairs, toothed. The plant was in the sun for most of the day.
I had a difficult time with flower identification. While I looked at them and saw 5 petals, they are actually classified as irregular. The flowers are each close to one inch long. They are pink/purple and tubular at the base. Then they swell in the middle and are white in color before breaking into 5 'petals.' The upper two are shorter and curve back more than the lower three.
(Newcomb, 2011, p. 102)
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