Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus wrightii |
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bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
Wright's bird's beak |
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Stems | decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and pilose. |
erect or ascending, 20–90 cm, puberulent and glandular-puberulent or scabrous, often glabrate. |
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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 or glandular-puberulent, often glabrescent; proximal 20–35 mm, margins 3–7 lobed, lobes 0.5–1.5 mm wide; distal 10–20 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, 2–12-flowered, 20–40 mm; bracts 2–10, green or purple distally, 15–30 mm, margins (4 or)5–9-lobed, lobes linear. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–15 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 15–30 mm, margins toothed or lobed. |
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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 lanceolate, 20–25 mm, tube 3–4 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1–2 mm; corolla bright or pale yellow or lavender-pink with purple markings, 20–30 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–8 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. |
oblong, 10–15 mm. |
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Seeds | 7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
15–20, brown, oblong-ovoid, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Cordylanthus nidularius |
Cordylanthus wrightii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. | |||||||||
Elevation | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA |
AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; n 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 3 (3 in the flora). (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. 678. | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia wrightii | |||||||||
Name authority | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. (1859) | ||||||||
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