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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF837 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Penstemon canescens is a species of penstemon in the family Plantaginaceae. P. canescens is known by the common names Eastern gray beardtongue or Appalachian beardtongue. It is native to woodlands, forest edges, and roadsides of the southeastern United States and flowers May through July. It is a perennial herb producing stems reaching one meter in maximum height. Penstemon canescens has been used by Native Americans for thousands of years.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Penstemon canescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type837 records
Wild obs. + sensor546
Museum / vouchered288
Cultivated / captive2
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 460 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 267≤1 km 53≤10 km 22>10 km 73
415 georeferenced · 131 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor546
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 8≤1 km 67≤10 km 91>10 km 16
182 georeferenced · 106 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence288
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions36 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
34
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
33
Bronx, US
31
Bangkok, TH
22
Chapel Hill, US
21
Williamsburg, US
15
Columbia, US
10
Knoxville, US
9
Wuzhou, CN
8
College Park, US
8
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
7
Bloomington, US
7
Pullman, US
6
Clemson, US
6
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
5
Asheville, US
4
Tuscaloosa, US
3
Fairfax, US
3
Norfolk, US
3
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
3
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
San Angelo, US
2
GAlocation not on record
2
Millersville, US
2
Jackson, US
2
Dover, US
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record
2
Johnson City, US
2
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
Fredericksburg, US
1
Richmond, US
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Little Rock, US
1
Elikins, US
1
Morgantown, US
1
Boise, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Provo, US
1
Longwood Universitylocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 281 of 288 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
