Plant of the Week

Pale beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus Small
other common names: woodland beardtongue
Penstemon: from Greek penta, meaning “five,” and stemon, meaning “stamen”
Pallidus: meaning “pale”
Snapdragon family: Scrophulariaceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition

This Week in Iowa Nature

Attend the Loess Hills Prairie Seminar early this month and hike the Sylvan Runkel State Preserve to see outstanding vistas of the Loess Hills and adjacent Missouri River valley.

Jean C. Prior and James Sandrock, The Iowa Nature Calendar