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hairy bird's beak

hairy bird's-beak

Stems

erect or ascending, 10–90(–120) cm, densely puberulent and glandular-puberulent, and pilose.

Leaves

puberulent and pilose;

proximal 15–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 0.1–0.5 mm wide;

distal 10–25 × 0.1–0.3 mm, margins entire.

Proximal leaves

1–4 mm wide, margins entire or lobed distally.

Inflorescences

bracts entire.

spikes, 2- or 3-flowered, or flowers solitary;

bracts 1–4, 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes green or purple distally, linear-lanceolate.

Pedicels

bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed.

Flowers

calyx 15–20 mm, tube 0–1 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow to yellow-green, streaked and spotted with maroon, 15–20 mm, tube 5–10 mm, throat 5–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–10 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal.

Capsules

oblong-ovoid, 6–10 mm.

Seeds

10–18, dark brown, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate.

2n

= 28.

Cordylanthus pilosus subsp. pilosus

Cordylanthus pilosus

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Open woodlands and chaparral, sometimes on serpentine.
Elevation 60–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies pilosus grows in the Central Valley and Coast Ranges. Plants growing on serpentine appear depauperate, generally have fewer flowers per cluster, and are usually less hairy. Plants that appear to be intermediates between subspp. pilosus and trifidus occur in the Sacramento Valley.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Inflorescence bracts entire.
subsp. pilosus
1. Inflorescence bracts 3-lobed.
subsp. trifidus
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 674. FNA vol. 17, p. 674.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus pilosus Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus
Sibling taxa
C. pilosus subsp. trifidus
C. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pringlei, C. ramosus, C. rigidus, C. tenuis, C. wrightii
Subordinate taxa
C. pilosus subsp. pilosus, C. pilosus subsp. trifidus
Synonyms C. diffusus, C. pilosus subsp. diffusus
Name authority unknown A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868)
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