Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus rigidus |
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bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
rigid bird's beak, stiffbranch bird's beak |
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Stems | decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and pilose. |
ascending, 30–100(–150) cm, pubescent, hirsute, glabrescent, puberulent, sparsely hispid, or downy. |
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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. |
puberulent and often hirsute; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–3 mm wide; distal 10–30 × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed. |
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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. |
capitate spikes, 2–15-flowered; bracts 5–10, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes purplish black, ivory, or green distally, linear-lanceolate to linear or slightly spatulate. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–15 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 14–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
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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 10–20 mm, tube 1–2 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–1 mm; corolla pale yellow with purple veins and an abaxial, U-shaped, purple mark, 8–20 mm, throat 5–10 mm diam., abaxial lip 6–10 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, subequal. |
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Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
oblong-ovoid, 8–12 mm. |
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Seeds | 7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
10–25, dark brown, oblong-ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, striate. |
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2n | = 28. |
= 28. |
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Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus rigidus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) | |||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA |
CA; nw Mexico
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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.) |
Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora). Cordylanthus rigidus is variable, with many locally distinctive populations that intergrade with each other and with nearby species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. | FNA vol. 17, p. 675. | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia rigida | |||||||||||||
Name authority | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) | (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. W. Calif. ed. 2, 387. (1911) | ||||||||||||
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