Penstemon digitalis which repeat with two flowers multiple times. The pedicels are almost one fourth of an inch long and produce 1.25 inch long two-lipped tubular flowers over dark green foliage. The plant has elliptic basal leaves and lance-shaped to oblong stem leaves. It is called beardtongue because the plant has a fifth stamen which resembles a hairy beard due to having small hairs. "Penstemon" is a combination of the Greek words, "penta", "five" and "stemon", referring to the stamen, every flower containing five stamens. Four of the stamens are fertile while the fifth one is sterile. The Latin word "digitalis" means
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