Definition of Penstemon

1. Noun. Large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America.


Definition of Penstemon

1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Penstemon'', the beardtongues. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Penstemon

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Penstemon

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Literary usage of Penstemon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1835)
"Penstemon speciosus. Showy Penstemon. Linnean Class and Order. ... Penstemon speciosum. Dougl. Mss. Lindl. in hot, rey. t. 1270. Plant perennial, herbaceous ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"2. Penstemon multiflorus Chapm. Penstemon pubescent ... Penstemon multiflorus Chapm.; Small, Fl. SE Un. St. 1061. 1903. Sandy or gravelly soil, ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Penstemon penstemon (L.) Britt. P Penstemon pallidus Small Beard-tongue Herbaceous perennial Wet meadows and old fields. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Beard-tongue Herbaceous perennial Wooded hillsides, moist meadows and roadside banks. Penstemon penstemon (L.) Britt. P Penstemon pallidus Small ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"Penstemon DIGITALIS Nutt. Flowering from mid-June to early July, fruiting in late ... Introduced from the southwestern Mississippi Valley. 3. Penstemon ..."

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