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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak

Stems

erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose.

Leaves

puberulent;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide;

distal 10–15 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire.

Inflorescences

capitate spikes, 3–7-flowered;

bracts 1–7, 10–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes green, sometimes purple distally, filiform.

Pedicels

bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire.

Flowers

calyx 15–20 mm, tube 0 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow, spotted and streaked with purple, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy distally, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal.

Capsules

oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm.

Seeds

10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate.

2n

= 24.

Cordylanthus ramosus

Phenology Flowering late Jun–Aug.
Habitat Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 400–2900 m. (1300–9500 ft.)
Distribution
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 675.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus
Sibling taxa
C. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. nidularius, C. parviflorus, C. pilosus, C. pringlei, C. rigidus, C. tenuis, C. wrightii
Synonyms Adenostegia ciliosa, A. ramosa, C. ramosus var. puberulus, C. ramosus subsp. setosus
Name authority Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846)
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