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hairy bird's-beak

Wright's bird's beak

Stems

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

erect or ascending, 20–90 cm, puberulent and glandular-puberulent or scabrous, often glabrate.

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.

puberulent or glandular-puberulent, often glabrescent;

proximal 20–35 mm, margins 3–7 lobed, lobes 0.5–1.5 mm wide;

distal 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed.

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.

capitate spikes, 2–12-flowered, 20–40 mm;

bracts 2–10, green or purple distally, 15–30 mm, margins (4 or)5–9-lobed, lobes linear.

Pedicels

bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed.

bracteoles 15–30 mm, margins toothed or lobed.

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 lanceolate, 20–25 mm, tube 3–4 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1–2 mm;

corolla bright or pale yellow or lavender-pink with purple markings, 20–30 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–8 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.

oblong, 10–15 mm.

Seeds

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

15–20, brown, oblong-ovoid, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate.

2n

= 28.

Cordylanthus pilosus

Cordylanthus wrightii

Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; n Mexico
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Subspecies 3 (3 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
1. Spikes 2–4-flowered; bracts 2 or 3.
subsp. wrightii
1. Spikes 5–12-flowered; bracts 4–10.
→ 2
2. Bracteole margins pinnately lobed; stems puberulent and glandular-puberulent to glabrate.
subsp. kaibabensis
2. Bracteole margins toothed distally; stems scabrous.
subsp. tenuifolius
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 674. FNA vol. 17, p. 678.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus
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. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pilosus, C. pringlei, C. ramosus, C. rigidus, C. tenuis
Subordinate taxa
C. pilosus subsp. pilosus, C. pilosus subsp. trifidus
C. wrightii subsp. kaibabensis, C. wrightii subsp. tenuifolius, C. wrightii subsp. wrightii
Synonyms Adenostegia wrightii
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. (1859)
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