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Common name: Manyflower beardtongue<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
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Synonyms: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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''P. multiflorus'' has cauline leaves with basal leaves that are petioled. The inflorescence of many nodes with anther cells dehiscing by short proximal slits.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Distribution==
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This plant ranges from south-central Florida and southern Alabama, south to southern Florida.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
''Penstemon multiflorus'' is a perennial herbaceous species.
 
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''P. multiflorus'' occurs in sandy or loamy soil, preferring areas with high light levels. <ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Rodie White, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, M. Davis, and Cecil R Slaughter.  States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Leon, Osceola, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.</ref> It can be found in oak-pine-palmetto flatwoods, cabbage palm hammocks, and open stands of longleaf pine and scrub oak. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> It can also occur in disturbed areas, including slash pine plantations, firebreaks, and roadsides. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include sand oak, live oak, saw palmetto, longleaf pine, scrub oak, and slash pine. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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''P. multiflorus'' occurs in sandy or loamy soil, preferring areas with high light levels.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Rodie White, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, M. Davis, and Cecil R Slaughter.  States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Leon, Osceola, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.</ref> It can be found in oak-pine-palmetto flatwoods, cabbage palm hammocks, and open stands of longleaf pine and scrub oak.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> It can also occur in disturbed areas, including slash pine plantations, firebreaks, and roadsides.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include sand oak, live oak, saw palmetto, longleaf pine, scrub oak, and slash pine.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
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This species has been found in habitat that is maintained by fire.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
 
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Revision as of 10:59, 16 November 2020

Penstemon multiflorus
Pens mult.jpg
Photo by Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Penstemon
Species: P. multiflorus
Binomial name
Penstemon multiflorus
Chapm. ex Benth.
PENS MULT dist.jpg
Natural range of Penstemon multiflorus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Manyflower beardtongue[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

P. multiflorus has cauline leaves with basal leaves that are petioled. The inflorescence of many nodes with anther cells dehiscing by short proximal slits.[1]

Distribution

This plant ranges from south-central Florida and southern Alabama, south to southern Florida.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

P. multiflorus occurs in sandy or loamy soil, preferring areas with high light levels.[2] It can be found in oak-pine-palmetto flatwoods, cabbage palm hammocks, and open stands of longleaf pine and scrub oak.[2] It can also occur in disturbed areas, including slash pine plantations, firebreaks, and roadsides.[2] Associated species include sand oak, live oak, saw palmetto, longleaf pine, scrub oak, and slash pine.[2]

Phenology

P. multiflorus has been observed flowering from May to August and fruiting have been observed in July and August.[2][3]

Fire ecology

This species has been found in habitat that is maintained by fire.[2]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Rodie White, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, M. Davis, and Cecil R Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Leon, Osceola, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.
  3. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 12 DEC 2016