Flora of North America species comparison

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Cordylanthus kingii subsp. kingii

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. helleri
Photo is of parent taxon

King's bird's-beak
Photo is of parent taxon

Heller's bird's-beak
Stems

puberulent to pubescent, hairs glandular and eglandular.

densely villous, hairs glandular.
Proximal leaves

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

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

3–5(–8)-flowered, 20–40 mm;

bracts 1–3, lobes linear to filiform.

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

bracts 3–6, lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear.
Corollas

15–25 mm.

15–25 mm.
2n

= 26.

= 26.

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. kingii

Cordylanthus kingii subsp. helleri
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Dry, rocky openings in pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub. Open pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1400–2600 m. (4600–8500 ft.) 1200–3200 m. (3900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; NV
[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. densiflorus, C. kingii subsp. kingii
Synonyms Adenostegia helleri, C. helleri, C. kingii var. helleri
Name authority unknown (Ferris) T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 81. (1986)
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