Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus kingii |
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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
Heller's bird's beak, King's bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
erect, 10–80 cm, puberulent, pubescent, or densely villous. |
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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. |
glandular-pubescent; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes linear to filiform, 1–3 mm wide; distal 10–25 × 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, 2–12-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1–6, 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes purple distally, narrowly lanceolate, linear, or filiform. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–40 mm, margins pinnately lobed. |
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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 15–30(–40) mm, tube 1–2.5 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 2–3 mm; corolla lavender-pink to purple-red or yellow with purple veins and markings, 15–25(–30) mm, throat 5–7 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. |
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Capsules | oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 6–12 mm. |
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Seeds | 10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
15–20, light brown, ovoid to reniform, 2–2.5 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus kingii |
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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; NV; UT
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (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. 672. | ||||||||
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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) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 233, 460, plate 22, figs. 3–6. (1871) | ||||||||
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