Penstemon grandiflorus, the large-flowered beardtongue or large beardtongue, is a perennial flowering plant endemic to the United States.[1][2] It is considered a synonym for Penstemon bradburyi by Plants of the World Online.[3][4]
The Lakota name for this plant is kimi'milia tawana'hca, butterfly flower. The Dakota people are recorded by the ethnographer Dilwyn J. Rogers as using the boiled root for chest pain.[5]
It is considered Endangered in Illinois.[6]
Penstemon grandiflorus, the large-flowered beardtongue or large beardtongue, is a perennial flowering plant endemic to the United States. It is considered a synonym for Penstemon bradburyi by Plants of the World Online.
The Lakota name for this plant is kimi'milia tawana'hca, butterfly flower. The Dakota people are recorded by the ethnographer Dilwyn J. Rogers as using the boiled root for chest pain.
It is considered Endangered in Illinois.
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