FOXGLOVE PENTSTEMON 



Pentstemon digitalis (Sweet) Nuttall 



Foxglove pentstemon thrives in dry meadows and thickets, and 

 in midsummer its tall spikes of large white flowers, which are some- 

 times tinged with lavender, are very showy. Under cultivation the 

 size of the plant and the abundance of flowers may be improved. 



This is one of the few eastern pentstemons, most of the num- 

 erous members of the genus being natives of the western moun- 

 tains. They belong to the Figwort Family, and are related to the 

 garden foxglove. They are often called beardtongues. 



Foxglove pentstemon ranges from Georgia northward to Maine, 

 and westward to Arkansas and Illinois. 



The specimen sketched grew near Washington, District of Co- 

 lumbia. 



PLATE 2.09 



