Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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hairy bird's-beak |
purple bird's-beak, small-flower bird's-beak, sticky bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect or ascending, 10–90(–120) cm, densely puberulent and glandular-puberulent, and pilose. |
erect to ascending, 20–60 cm, hirsute and densely glandular-pubescent. |
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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-pubescent and hirsute; proximal 10–30 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–20 × 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-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1(or 2), 5–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes sometimes purplish distally, linear-lanceolate. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
bracteoles 10–12 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 10–15 mm, tube 5–8 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1 mm; corolla pale pink to purple-pink with darker veins, 15–20 mm, tube 10–15 mm, throat 5–7 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–6 mm, shorter than and not 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-lanceoloid, 7–9 mm. |
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Seeds | 10–18, dark brown, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
15–20, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
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2n | = 28. |
= 26. |
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Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | |||||
Habitat | Dry, rocky slopes, sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, Joshua tree woodlands. | |||||
Elevation | 700–2200 m. (2300–7200 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA; ID; NV; UT
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cordylanthus parviflorus is similar to C. laxiflorus, which also has unequal corolla lips. It can be distinguished from C. laxiflorus by its pink to purple (versus yellow) corollas and stamens with two pollen sacs. (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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Synonyms | Adenostegia parviflora, C. glandulosus | |||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) | (Ferris) Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 174. (1933) | ||||
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