Cordylanthus capitatus |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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Yakima bird's-beak, Yakima birdbeak |
nodding bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect or ascending, 10–50 cm, densely glandular-pubescent and pilose. |
erect, 30–90 cm, hirsute to pilose, hairs glandular and eglandular. |
Leaves | glandular-pubescent and pilose; proximal 20–40(–50) mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–30 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
densely pilose; proximal 5–20 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–15 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
Inflorescences | capitate spikes, 2–5-flowered; bracts 1–5, 10–20 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes green and purple, linear to linear-lanceolate. |
spikes, 1(–4)-flowered; bract 1, 5–7 mm, 3-lobed, lobes green or purple, narrowly lanceolate. |
Pedicels | bracteoles 12–18 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
Flowers | calyx 10–15 mm, tube 2–4 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 3–5 mm; corolla purple-red, apex yellow, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 2, filaments glabrous, fertile pollen sacs 1 per filament, vestigial pollen sacs present. |
calyx 10–17 mm, tube 2 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm; corolla bright yellow, 15–20 mm, throat 3–5 mm diam., abaxial lip 7–10 mm, shorter than adaxial and slightly spreading; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 1 per filament, vestigial pollen sacs present. |
Capsules | ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–8 mm. |
Seeds | 4–6, dark brown, narrowly ovoid to reniform, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate. |
15–20, light brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Cordylanthus capitatus |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Openings in conifer woodlands and juniper scrub. | Rocky slopes, mesas, often limestone. |
Elevation | 1400–2300 m. (4600–7500 ft.) | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion | Cordylanthus capitatus is often associated with Artemisia tridentata and may be hemiparasitic on it. Cordylanthus capitatus is distinguished by having only two anthers, each with one fertile pollen sac; infertile vestiges of the second pollen sac usually are present. The species can be recognized by its short-capitate inflorescences, the single, spathelike, deeply cleft calyx lobe, and the purple-red corollas with yellow tips. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus is recognized by its bright yellow corollas with adaxial lip shorter than the galea. Cordylanthus parviflorus also has the abaxial lip shorter than the adaxial; it has pink to purple corollas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 671. | FNA vol. 17, p. 672. |
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Synonyms | C. nevadensis | |
Name authority | Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. (1859) — (as Cordylanthu) |
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