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Heller's bird's-beak

Stems

densely villous, hairs glandular.

Proximal leaves

10–25 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes linear.

Spikes

2–4-flowered, or flowers solitary, 20–30 mm;

bracts 3–6, lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear.

Corollas

15–25 mm.

2n

= 26.

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. helleri

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Open pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 672.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus kingii
Sibling taxa
C. kingii subsp. densiflorus, C. kingii subsp. kingii
Synonyms Adenostegia helleri, C. helleri, C. kingii var. helleri
Name authority (Ferris) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81. (1986)
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