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South Carolina
Small's Beardtongue in flower
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Small's Beardtongue

Penstemon smallii

It grows wild in 1 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
2.5 ft to 3 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide
Flowers
Pink, purple and white
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
A taproot
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Small's Beardtongue, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
7 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
46 kinds of native bees
Birds
2 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus), Black-and-gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus), Digger bee (Anthophora terminalis), Golden northern bumble bee (Bombus fervidus)

Grows well with

New Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallRobin's-plantain1.5 ft tallHeartleaf Aster2.5 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Penstemon smallii.