Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus pilosus subsp. pilosus |
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hairy bird's-beak |
hairy bird's beak |
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Stems | erect or ascending, 10–90(–120) cm, densely puberulent and 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. |
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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. |
bracts entire. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
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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. |
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Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 6–10 mm. |
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Seeds | 10–18, dark brown, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
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Proximal | leaves 1–4 mm wide, margins entire or lobed distally. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Cordylanthus pilosus |
Cordylanthus pilosus subsp. pilosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Open woodlands and chaparral, sometimes on serpentine. | |||||
Elevation | 60–1500 m. (200–4900 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.) |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 674. | FNA vol. 17, p. 674. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus | Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus pilosus | ||||
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Synonyms | C. diffusus, C. pilosus subsp. diffusus | |||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) | unknown | ||||
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