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hairy bird's-beak

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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.

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.

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.

Proximal

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

2n

= 28.

Cordylanthus pilosus

Cordylanthus pilosus subsp. pilosus

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

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 Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus pilosus
Sibling taxa
C. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pringlei, C. ramosus, C. rigidus, C. tenuis, C. wrightii
C. pilosus subsp. trifidus
Subordinate taxa
C. pilosus subsp. pilosus, C. pilosus subsp. trifidus
Synonyms C. diffusus, C. pilosus subsp. diffusus
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) unknown
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