Cordylanthus ramosus |
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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering late Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub. |
Elevation | 400–2900 m. (1300–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 675. |
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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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