Penstemon digitalis species, which can be important for taxonomy. Scientists estimated the genome size for 40% of the species in the genus; using "Flow Cytometry." "Penstemon digitalis" has one of the largest genomes of the genus"Penstemon". Like other "Penstemon" species, it is used in roadside planting because it is easily grown and showy. It is recommended for easy use in gardens from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast and Pacific Northwest by the American Penstemon Society. "Iowa's Living Roadway Profiler" from the Iowa Department of Transportation says that the plant's "decorative seed capsules add interest in the fall and winter". One of
Nothing comes from nothing the song "Something Good", which contains the lyrics: "Nothing comes from nothing / nothing ever could". Although the song is devoid of intentional metaphysical connotations, Maria's time in Nonnberg Abbey would have familiarized her with the phrase, which is used in Catholic philosophy to explain God's gratuitous act of , namely, that only the source of all being can give creation its existence. Earlier in the film, in the well-known song "Maria", Maria's fellow nuns lament that there is "many a thing she ought to understand" and that she is "not an asset to the abbey". It is unclear if