Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus eremicus |
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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
desert bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
erect or ascending, 10–80 cm, puberulent, glabrescent. |
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Leaves | puberulent; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–15 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire. |
puberulent, sometimes scabrous; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–25 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
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Inflorescences | capitate spikes, 3–7-flowered; bracts 1–7, 10–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes green, sometimes purple distally, filiform. |
capitate spikes, 3–14-flowered; bracts 5–10, 5–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes purple or yellow-green, linear to filiform. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
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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. |
calyx 10–20 mm, tube 1–3 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–0.5 mm; corolla pink to lavender-pink, usually spotted with purple, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip pink or yellow, 3–6 mm, shorter than and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
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Capsules | oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–10 mm. |
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Seeds | 10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
10–15, pale brown, ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus eremicus |
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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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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Cordylanthus eremicus is similar to C. wrightii, which also has relatively short, dense spikes and inflorescence bracts palmately three- to seven-lobed. Cordylanthus eremicus can be distinguished from C. wrightii by its gray to white hairs. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 675. | FNA vol. 17, p. 671. | ||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia ciliosa, A. ramosa, C. ramosus var. puberulus, C. ramosus subsp. setosus | Adenostegia eremica, C. ramosus subsp. eremicus | ||||
Name authority | Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846) | (Coville & C. V. Morton) Munz: Man. S. Calif. Bot., 483, 601. (1935) | ||||
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