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|accepted_name=Penstemon hirsutus
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=3: 227. 1800
|year=1800
}}
|common_names=Northeastern beardtongue;penstémon hirsute
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chelone hirsuta
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 611. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. pentstemon
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Penstemon;Penstemon subg. Penstemon;Penstemon sect. Penstemon;Penstemon hirsutus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Penstemon subg. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Penstemon sect. Penstemon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Penstemon hirsutus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 184, 185, 224
|treatment_page=page 208
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs.</b> Stems ascending to erect, 30–80 cm, retrorsely hairy and sparsely to densely glandular-villous, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, not leathery, glabrous or sparsely glandular-lanate along midveins, rarely moderately glandular-lanate; basal and proximal cauline 20–126 × 4–16 mm, blade spatulate to oblanceolate, lanceolate, spatulate, or elliptic, base tapered, margins entire or serrate to dentate, apex rounded to obtuse or acute; cauline 5–8(–10) pairs, sessile or short-petiolate, 20–130 × 2–30 mm, blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, base clasping or tapered, margins finely to coarsely serrate or dentate, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Thyrses</b> interrupted, conic, 6–37 cm, axis glandular-pubescent to glandular-lanate, verticillasters (3 or)4–8, cymes 2–11(–15)-flowered, 2 per node; proximal bracts lanceolate to linear, 8–60 × 1–6 mm, margins entire or ± serrate to dentate; peduncles and pedicels ascending, glandular-pubescent to glandular-lanate. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 4–7 × 1.5–2.3 mm, glandular-pubescent; corolla lavender or purplish, with or without faint violet nectar guides, bilabiate, personate, tubular, 20–26(–28) mm, glandular-pubescent externally, moderately to densely white-villous internally abaxially, tube 6–7 mm, throat slightly inflated, 6–8 mm diam., 2-ridged abaxially; stamens included, pollen sacs opposite, navicular to subexplanate, 0.8–1 mm, dehiscing completely, connective splitting, sides glabrous, sutures papillate; staminode 13–16 mm, exserted, 0.6–0.7 mm diam., tip straight, distal 11–14 mm moderately to densely villous, hairs yellowish, to 1.2 mm; style 16–18 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 6–9 × 5–6 mm, glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy or rocky woods, rocky fields, bluffs, cliffs.
|elevation=10–200 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Penstemon hirsutus</i> occurs widely in the northeastern United States, and in southern Ontario and Quebec. Its long, tubular, personate corollas and herbage with some stellate hairs may indicate a close relationship with <i>P. oklahomensis</i> and <i>P. tenuiflorus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Penstemon hirsutus
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=C. pentstemon
|basionyms=Chelone hirsuta
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Sandy or rocky woods, rocky fields, bluffs, cliffs.
|elevation=10–200 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1800
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_499.xml
|genus=Penstemon
|subgenus=Penstemon subg. Penstemon
|section=Penstemon sect. Penstemon
|species=Penstemon hirsutus
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