Penstemon laevigatus (Native)

Habitat: Most characteristic of moist, low fields, meadows, roadsides, and clearings; less numerous in natural habitats such as floodplain forests, swamps, riverside prairies, upland depression swamps, and drier forests and woodlands on base-rich soils. Frequent in the Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain and mountains.

Wildlife Value: This plant provides nectar for pollinators. Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) larvae. Caterpillars eat the host plant's leaves while adults feed on the nectar of composite flowers including aster, chicory, gumweed, knapweed, and tickseed sunflower. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are attracted to its blooms.