Cordylanthus capitatus |
Cordylanthus ramosus |
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Yakima bird's-beak, Yakima birdbeak |
bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
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Stems | erect or ascending, 10–50 cm, densely glandular-pubescent and pilose. |
erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
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; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–15 × 0.5–1 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, 3–7-flowered; bracts 1–7, 10–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes green, sometimes purple distally, filiform. |
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 15–20 mm, tube 0 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–1 mm; corolla pale yellow, spotted and streaked with purple, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy distally, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal. |
Capsules | ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. |
Seeds | 4–6, dark brown, narrowly ovoid to reniform, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate. |
10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
2n | = 26. |
= 24. |
Cordylanthus capitatus |
Cordylanthus ramosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | Flowering late Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Openings in conifer woodlands and juniper scrub. | Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub. |
Elevation | 1400–2300 m. (4600–7500 ft.) | 400–2900 m. (1300–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 671. | FNA vol. 17, p. 675. |
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Synonyms | C. nevadensis | Adenostegia ciliosa, A. ramosa, C. ramosus var. puberulus, C. ramosus subsp. setosus |
Name authority | Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846) | Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846) |
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