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King's bird's-beak

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Stems

puberulent to pubescent, hairs glandular and eglandular.

densely villous, hairs glandular and eglandular.

Proximal leaves

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

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

Spikes

3–5(–8)-flowered, 20–40 mm;

bracts 1–3, lobes linear to filiform.

8–12-flowered, 40–50 mm;

bracts 1–3, lobes filiform.

Corollas

15–25 mm.

25–30 mm.

2n

= 26.

= 26.

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. kingii

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. densiflorus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Dry, rocky openings in pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub. Dry openings in pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1400–2600 m. (4600–8500 ft.) 1500–2700 m. (4900–8900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
NV; UT
[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. helleri
C. kingii subsp. helleri, C. kingii subsp. kingii
Synonyms C. kingii var. densiflorus
Name authority unknown T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81, figs. 9g, 31r. (1986)
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