Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
purple bird's-beak, small-flower bird's-beak, sticky bird's-beak |
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Stems | decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and pilose. |
erect to ascending, 20–60 cm, hirsute and densely glandular-pubescent. |
Leaves | glandular-puberulent and pilose; proximal 10–30 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–20 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
glandular-pubescent and hirsute; proximal 10–30 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–20 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
Inflorescences | spikes, 2- or 3-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 2 or 3, 10–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes purple distally, linear to filiform. |
spikes, 2-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1(or 2), 5–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes sometimes purplish distally, linear-lanceolate. |
Pedicels | bracteoles 10–15 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–12 mm, margins entire. |
Flowers | calyx 10–16 mm, tube 0 mm, apex entire; corolla white with purple veins, 10–15 mm, throat 5–7(–9) mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
calyx 10–15 mm, tube 5–8 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1 mm; corolla pale pink to purple-pink with darker veins, 15–20 mm, tube 10–15 mm, throat 5–7 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–6 mm, shorter than and not appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–9 mm. |
Seeds | 7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
15–20, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
2n | = 28. |
= 26. |
Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. | Dry, rocky slopes, sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, Joshua tree woodlands. |
Elevation | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) | 700–2200 m. (2300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
AZ; CA; ID; NV; UT
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Discussion | Cordylanthus nidularius is the only member of the genus with decumbent stems. The species is similar to C. tenuis; it differs in its white (versus pale yellow) corollas and decumbent (versus erect to ascending) stems. It grows on the eastern slopes of Mt. Diablo. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cordylanthus parviflorus is similar to C. laxiflorus, which also has unequal corolla lips. It can be distinguished from C. laxiflorus by its pink to purple (versus yellow) corollas and stamens with two pollen sacs. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. |
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Synonyms | Adenostegia parviflora, C. glandulosus | |
Name authority | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) | (Ferris) Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 174. (1933) |
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