SCIENTIFIC NAME: Penstemon digitalis
COMMON NAMES: Foxglove Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Wild Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue,
Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, & Beardtongue
BLOOM TIME: June, July
PLANT PROFILE:
- Plants grow 3 to 5 foot tall.
- Deer will not eat the plants making them deer resistant.
- Flowers look like gloves for fingers that perfectly fit the paws of foxes and other small animals.
- Native Americans used an infusion of the roots for colds, cough, consumption, toothaches, and pounded leaves to treat rattlesnake bites.
- Flowers have no smell.
INSECT/ANIMAL INTERACTIONS:
- The tubular flowers attract honeybees, bumblebees, Miner bees, Mason bees, and large Leaf-Cutting bees.
- Sometimes, butterflies, Sphinx moths and hummingbirds are attracted.