Common Name: Calico Beardtongue

Latin Name: Penstemon calycosus

Height: 3 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Pink

Bloom Time: June - July

Water Use: Average, Medium

Soil: Medium-Wet, Medium

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade

Spreads via seeds

Host Plant: Chalcedony Midget moth caterpillars feed on this plant.

Pollinators: Long-tongued bees such as honeybees, bumblebees, Anthophorine bees, digger bees, mason bees, and leaf-cutting bees. Halictid bees, Sphinx moths, and hummingbirds also visit the flowers, but as less productive pollinators.

Other Information:  Foliage is not palatable to most mammals.