Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus nidularius |
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hairy bird's-beak |
bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect or ascending, 10–90(–120) cm, densely puberulent and glandular-puberulent, and pilose. |
decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and pilose. |
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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. |
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. |
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Inflorescences | 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. |
spikes, 2- or 3-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 2 or 3, 10–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes purple distally, linear to filiform. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
bracteoles 10–15 mm, margins entire. |
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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. |
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. |
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Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 6–10 mm. |
oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
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Seeds | 10–18, dark brown, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
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2n | = 28. |
= 28. |
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Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus nidularius |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. | |||||
Elevation | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 674. | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus | Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus | ||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) | ||||
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