Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus nidularius |
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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
decumbent, 5–10(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent and 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. |
glandular-puberulent and pilose; proximal 10–30 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–20 × 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. |
spikes, 2- or 3-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 2 or 3, 10–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes purple distally, linear to filiform. |
Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–15 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. |
calyx 10–16 mm, tube 0 mm, apex entire; corolla white with purple veins, 10–15 mm, throat 5–7(–9) mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
Capsules | oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. |
oblong-ovoid, 5–7 mm. |
Seeds | 10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
7–10, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, irregularly striate. |
2n | = 24. |
= 28. |
Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus nidularius |
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Phenology | Flowering late Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub. | Dry, open serpentine in chaparral. |
Elevation | 400–2900 m. (1300–9500 ft.) | 600–800 m. (2000–2600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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CA |
Discussion | Cordylanthus nidularius is the only member of the genus with decumbent stems. The species is similar to C. tenuis; it differs in its white (versus pale yellow) corollas and decumbent (versus erect to ascending) stems. It grows on the eastern slopes of Mt. Diablo. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 675. | FNA vol. 17, p. 673. |
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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) | J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943) |
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