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Stems

densely villous, hairs glandular and eglandular.

Proximal leaves

20–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes linear to filiform.

Spikes

8–12-flowered, 40–50 mm;

bracts 1–3, lobes filiform.

Corollas

25–30 mm.

2n

= 26.

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. densiflorus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Dry openings in pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1500–2700 m. (4900–8900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 672.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus kingii
Sibling taxa
C. kingii subsp. helleri, C. kingii subsp. kingii
Synonyms C. kingii var. densiflorus
Name authority T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81, figs. 9g, 31r. (1986)
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