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Heller's bird's-beak

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Stems

densely villous, hairs glandular.

densely villous, hairs glandular and eglandular.

Proximal leaves

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

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

Spikes

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

bracts 3–6, lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear.

8–12-flowered, 40–50 mm;

bracts 1–3, lobes filiform.

Corollas

15–25 mm.

25–30 mm.

2n

= 26.

= 26.

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. helleri

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. densiflorus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Open pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub. Dry openings in pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.) 1500–2700 m. (4900–8900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 672. FNA vol. 17, p. 672.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus kingii Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus kingii
Sibling taxa
C. kingii subsp. densiflorus, C. kingii subsp. kingii
C. kingii subsp. helleri, C. kingii subsp. kingii
Synonyms Adenostegia helleri, C. helleri, C. kingii var. helleri C. kingii var. densiflorus
Name authority (Ferris) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81. (1986) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81, figs. 9g, 31r. (1986)
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