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Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. eremicus

Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. kernensis
Photo is of parent taxon

desert bird's-beak
Photo is of parent taxon

Kern bird's beak, Kern Plateau bird's-beak
Inflorescences

bracts puberulent, lobes purple distally, apex slightly rounded to retuse.

bracts sparsely pilose or glabrous, lobes green to yellow-green distally, apex acute.
Flowers

calyx tube 2–3 mm;

corolla lavender to pink, blotched purple, lips yellow;

filaments hairy throughout.

calyx tube 1 mm;

corolla pink to lavender, lips pink;

filaments hairy distally.
Seeds

minutely papillate.

not papillate.
2n

= 26.

Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. eremicus

Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. kernensis
Phenology Flowering Aug–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Dry, rocky openings in sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodlands. Dry, rocky slopes in pine-juniper woodlands.
Elevation 1000–2800 m. (3300–9200 ft.) 2100–3000 m. (6900–9800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies kernensis is known from the Kern Plateau in Inyo and Tulare counties. It can resemble Cordylanthus ramosus, which has calyces without a tube and yellow, not pink, corollas.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 671. FNA vol. 17, p. 671.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus eremicus Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus eremicus
Sibling taxa
C. eremicus subsp. kernensis
C. eremicus subsp. eremicus
Synonyms C. bernardinus
Name authority unknown T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 91, figs 3c2, 8k,l, 9d, 36i. (1986)
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