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stiffbranch bird's beak

Stems

hispid.

Spikes

5–13-flowered;

proximal bracts 10–20 mm, equal to or longer than flowers, midlobes dark purple distally, linear, 0.5–1 mm wide, apex retuse.

Flowers

corolla 13–17 mm.

Cordylanthus rigidus subsp. setigerus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Chaparral, sagebrush scrub, openings in oak woodlands and conifer woodlands.
Elevation 200–2200 m. (700–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 676.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus rigidus
Sibling taxa
C. rigidus subsp. brevibracteatus, C. rigidus subsp. littoralis, C. rigidus subsp. rigidus
Name authority T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 43, figs. 3k, 4n,o, 7i, 10g, 18a–g. (1986)
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