Cordylanthus kingii |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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Heller's bird's beak, King's bird's-beak |
nodding bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect, 10–80 cm, puberulent, pubescent, or densely villous. |
erect, 30–90 cm, hirsute to pilose, hairs glandular and eglandular. |
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Leaves | glandular-pubescent; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes linear to filiform, 1–3 mm wide; distal 10–25 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
densely pilose; proximal 5–20 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–15 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
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Inflorescences | capitate spikes, 2–12-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1–6, 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes purple distally, narrowly lanceolate, linear, or filiform. |
spikes, 1(–4)-flowered; bract 1, 5–7 mm, 3-lobed, lobes green or purple, narrowly lanceolate. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–40 mm, margins pinnately lobed. |
bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
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Flowers | calyx 15–30(–40) mm, tube 1–2.5 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 2–3 mm; corolla lavender-pink to purple-red or yellow with purple veins and markings, 15–25(–30) mm, throat 5–7 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–10 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
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. |
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Capsules | oblong-lanceoloid, 6–12 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–8 mm. |
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Seeds | 15–20, light brown, ovoid to reniform, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
15–20, light brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Cordylanthus kingii |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes, mesas, often limestone. | |||||||||
Elevation | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; NV; UT
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 672. | FNA vol. 17, p. 672. | ||||||||
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Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 233, 460, plate 22, figs. 3–6. (1871) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. (1859) — (as Cordylanthu) | ||||||||
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