Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus tenuis |
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bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
slender bird's-beak, sticky birdbeak |
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Stems | decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and pilose. |
erect to ascending, 20–80(–120) cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent, puberulent, and/or pilose. |
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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, often pilose, or glabrous; proximal 20–60 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes 0.5–1 mm wide; distal 10–40 × 0.3–2 mm, margins entire. |
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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. |
spikes, 2–7-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1–4, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes green or purple distally, narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, apex rounded. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–15 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–20 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 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1 mm; corolla pale yellow, marked with purple along veins and galea, 10–20 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 4–6 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
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Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
narrowly ovoid, 5–10 mm. |
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Seeds | 7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
6–16, dark brown, ovoid to rhomboid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus tenuis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA |
CA; OR
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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 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. | FNA vol. 17, p. 676. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia tenuis | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 383. (1868) | ||||||||||||||||
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