WorldFloraDB - Penstemon pallidus

Characteristics

.Stems 3–7 dm, hairy throughout with straight, subulate, ± reflexed hairs 0.1 mm, the same pubescence ± developed on both sides of the narrowly lanceolate or lance-oblong lvs; infl glandular, 1–2.5 dm; cal 2.5–5 mm at anthesis; cor 1.6–2.2 cm, white, marked with fine purple lines in the throat; seeds 0.5–0.7 mm; 2n=16. Dry woods and fields; Me. to Minn., s. to Va. and Ark. Apr.–June. (P. arkansanus)

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Afterbirth (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	18 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 15
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	stratification
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