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  OEDILF - birdbarf
The best-known of the twenty-some species of beaked whales, the northern bottlenose, was, up until 1973, overhunted in the waters of the North Atlantic, pursued for their meat and the spermaceti oil in its head.
Due to beaked whales inhabiting deep waters, little is known of many of the other species, and new species may still be out there, waiting to be discovered.
Beardtongue, the common name of penstemon (also spelled pentstemon), has about 275 species endemic (native) to North America.
www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?AuthorId=1174&MyLimOrder=State   (716 words)

  
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Penstemon bicolor (Brandeg.) Clokey & Keck - Pinto beardtongue.
Penstemon idahoensis Atwood & Welsh - Idaho beardtongue.
Penstemon longiflorus (Pennell) S.L. Clark - Long-flower beardtongue.
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cgi/ruled_html_query?colldir=kartesz/mgdata&collname=bonap98&query=Penstemon   (2503 words)

  
 Shade Perrenials
Flowers give way to distinctive, beaked seed capsules which give rise to the common name of crane's bill (geranium in Greek means crane).
The longsepal beardtongue is a Perennial plant which means it lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
The longsepal beardtongue can currently be found within 11 states in the United States, please see the information posted above to find out what state this plant currently resides.
www.masmith48.org /nativeplants/ShadePerennials.html   (3242 words)

  
 Penstemons of the San Gabriel Mountains
The flowers have five petals usually divided into two lips--the upper one of two lobed (rounded) petals and the lower of three cleft (cut) petals.
Sometimes one of them is hairy or bearded giving rise to the common name for some species, Beardtongue.
Flower: the upper lip of the flower is variously described as domed, beaked, or helmetlike, in other words, it has an overbite!
tchester.org /sgm/plants/keys/penstemon.html   (930 words)

  
 Plant families NJ
Flowers complete, usually irregular, arranged in spikes or racemes; with 4 or 5 united sepals; 4 or 5 petals, often united into a tube which is two-lipped; usually 4 stamens (sometimes 2 or 5); and one 2-parted pistil.
63 New Jersey species (41 native) in 26 genera, including Verbascum (mullein), Veronica (speedwell), Agalinis (gerardia), and Penstemon (beardtongue).
Identify the family by the irregular flowers; distinguish from mints by fruit, lack of aromatic foliage (usually), and usually round stem.
www.freewebtown.com /njbotany/families.html   (1635 words)

  
 Common Names of Great Plains Plants: An Historical Dictionary
Beaked panic grass [Beaked panicgrass, Beaked panic-grass] 1852-Present (50, 99, 119, 163)
Beaked willow [Beak willow, Beak-willow] 1890-1986 (1, 1, 4, 5, 93, 138, 156\) IA Neb SD Salix bebbiana Sargent [also reported as: S. bebbii, Salix perrostrata Rydb., Salix rostrata Richards]
Beardtongue [Beard-tongue] 1899-Present (50, 1, 4, 63, 93, 127, 158)
www.unl.edu /agnicpls/gpcn/gpcnb.html   (6311 words)

  
 » Blog Archive » Bridgestone/Firestone Field Trip report
Wood betony, forest lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) – Found in TN P. Mullein foxglove (Seymeria macrophylla) – I think this is Mullein foxglove (Dasistoma macrophylla) P. Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) Found in TN.
Beaked corn salad (Valerianella radiata) Found in TN.
American fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis) Found in TN.
nabamidtn.org /?p=113   (823 words)

  
 The Ultimate Penstemon Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Nowadays the one Asiatic species is considered a separate genus.
Penstemon bicolor (Brandeg.) Clokey and Keck pinto beardtongue, pinto penstemon
Penstemon X parishii Gray (pro sp.) Parish's penstemon
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Penstemon   (470 words)

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