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Bilateral Symmetry - Figwort Family

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family

Purple Sage (Texas Barometer Bush) Leucophyllum frutescens

Bush 5-8 feet tall with fuzzy gray/green leaves. Flowers about 1" wide and blooms after rains throughout the summer. Lavender flowers are fuzzy. Slow-growing, drought-tolerant. This plant has many cultivated varieties.

Photos taken in Val Verde County, Texas, August 2005

(Native of South Texas)

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family

Fendler's Beardtongue (Fendler's Penstemon) Penstemon fendleri

Flower about 1" long along the sides of the spike. Plant grows 12"-18" tall. Ovate leaves reduce in size as they ascend.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2005

(Native of Texas, Taylor)

see similar   Wild Foxglove

Hunting Local Species

Guadalupe Beardtongue (Guadulupe Penstemon) Penstemon guadalupensis

Light purple (Native of Texas, Brown, Nolan, Coke)

Hall's Beardtongue Penstemon helleri

Pink (Native of Texas, Brown)

Heller's Beardtongue (Heller Penstemon) Penstemon triflorus

Pink with red stripes and white edge (Native of Texas, Coleman)

Similar Species

Labiatae (Lamiaceae) - Mint family

Obedient Plant (or False Dragonhead, Narrow-leaf Physostegia) Physostegia angustifolia (P. edwardsiana)

2-3 feet tall. (Native of Texas, Edwards Plateau)

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family

Purple Gerardia Agalinis purpurea

Flower about 1" long with a wide tube and small hairs.  Throat has yellow lines and purple spots.  Leaves are linear, 1/2"-1 1/2" long.  Upright to sprawling plant, 1-2 feet tall, occasionally to 4 feet.

Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, September 2005

(Native of Texas)

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