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Penstemon grandiflorus
Prairie
Spotted at Buffalo River State Park.
Spotted on Jun 17, 2013
Submitted on Jul 10, 2013
7 Comments
:) It's a lovely flower, looking forward to seeing a few more shots!
I've looked at the references and photos and it does sure look like Large Beardtongue. There were a number of them blooming. I'm going to make the change --- also returning to the site on Monday.
I think you've got it, Rosalie!
It might be the Large Beardtongue; both the leaves and flowers appear to match. Beautiful flower!
http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flo...
The shape of the buds, mostly, (and the flowers just a little) reminded me of Flame Vine, Pyrostegia venusta. I think this might be a member of the same Family, one level up. If you'll enter "Bignoniaceae purple" into Google, there appear to be some relatives, at least, of your flower ... which is very beautiful.
It's such a distinctive flower, but I couldn't find it in minnesotawildflowers.com or a number of wildflower reference books.
Does anyone think it is related to Fox glove?