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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak

bird-on-nest, Mount Diablo bird's-beak, Mt. Diablo bird's-beak

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

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
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 675. FNA vol. 17, p. 673.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus 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
C. capitatus, C. eremicus, C. kingii, C. laxiflorus, C. nevinii, C. parviflorus, C. pilosus, C. pringlei, C. ramosus, 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) J. T. Howell: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 207. (1943)
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