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Yakima bird's-beak, Yakima birdbeak

Pringle's bird's-beak

Stems

erect or ascending, 10–50 cm, densely glandular-pubescent and pilose.

erect or ascending, 30–120(–150) cm, glabrous or puberulent.

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.

puberulent or glabrous;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide;

distal 5–20 × 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.

capitate spikes, 2–4-flowered, 15–20 mm;

bracts 1–3, flabelliform, 5–8 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes green, narrowly ovate.

Pedicels

bracteoles 12–18 mm, margins entire.

bracteoles 8–10 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 8–10 mm, tube 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow to yellow with purple markings, 8–9 mm, throat 4 mm diam., adaxial lip 3–4 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal.

Capsules

ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm.

oblong-ovoid, 5–8 mm.

Seeds

4–6, dark brown, narrowly ovoid to reniform, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate.

4–6, dark brown, ovoid to narrowly reniform, 2.5–3 mm, striate.

2n

= 26.

= 28.

Cordylanthus capitatus

Cordylanthus pringlei

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Openings in conifer woodlands and juniper scrub. Dry openings in chaparral and mixed-evergreen forests.
Elevation 1400–2300 m. (4600–7500 ft.) 300–1900 m. (1000–6200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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from FNA
CA
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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 pringlei grows in the Coast Range of California. The species is distinctive because of its flabelliform inflorescence bracts and relatively short corollas.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 671. FNA vol. 17, p. 674.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus
Sibling taxa
C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pilosus, C. pringlei, C. ramosus, C. rigidus, C. tenuis, C. wrightii
C. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pilosus, C. ramosus, C. rigidus, C. tenuis, C. wrightii
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: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 94. (1883)
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