Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Native Plants of the Chaplin Lake Area

Lilac-flowered beardtongue

Pentstemon gracilis


GIF-Lilac-flowered beardtongue

The pale lilac colour flowers of this plant appear in June- July. Its fruit is the dry many-seeded capsule typical of the beardtongue family. Leaves are gray-green and oblong. It prefers moist grassland and slough margins.
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