Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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bushy bird's-beak, bushy birdbeak |
purple bird's-beak, small-flower bird's-beak, sticky bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect, 10–30(–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
erect to ascending, 20–60 cm, hirsute and densely glandular-pubescent. |
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 and hirsute; proximal 10–30 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–20 × 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-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1(or 2), 5–15 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes sometimes purplish distally, linear-lanceolate. |
Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
bracteoles 10–12 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 10–15 mm, tube 5–8 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1 mm; corolla pale pink to purple-pink with darker veins, 15–20 mm, tube 10–15 mm, throat 5–7 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–6 mm, shorter than and not appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
Capsules | oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–9 mm. |
Seeds | 10–20, light brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. |
15–20, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
2n | = 24. |
= 26. |
Cordylanthus ramosus |
Cordylanthus parviflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering late Jun–Aug. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub. | Dry, rocky slopes, sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands, Joshua tree woodlands. |
Elevation | 400–2900 m. (1300–9500 ft.) | 700–2200 m. (2300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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AZ; CA; ID; NV; UT
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Discussion | Cordylanthus parviflorus is similar to C. laxiflorus, which also has unequal corolla lips. It can be distinguished from C. laxiflorus by its pink to purple (versus yellow) corollas and stamens with two pollen sacs. (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 | Adenostegia parviflora, C. glandulosus |
Name authority | Nuttall ex Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 597. (1846) | (Ferris) Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 174. (1933) |
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