Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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slender bird's-beak, sticky birdbeak |
nodding bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect to ascending, 20–80(–120) cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent, puberulent, and/or pilose. |
erect, 30–90 cm, hirsute to pilose, hairs glandular and eglandular. |
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Leaves | puberulent, often pilose, or glabrous; proximal 20–60 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes 0.5–1 mm wide; distal 10–40 × 0.3–2 mm, margins entire. |
densely pilose; proximal 5–20 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–15 × 1 mm, margins entire. |
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Inflorescences | spikes, 2–7-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1–4, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes green or purple distally, narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, apex rounded. |
spikes, 1(–4)-flowered; bract 1, 5–7 mm, 3-lobed, lobes green or purple, narrowly lanceolate. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. |
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Flowers | calyx 10–20 mm, tube 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 1 mm; corolla pale yellow, marked with purple along veins and galea, 10–20 mm, throat 6–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 4–6 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
calyx 10–17 mm, tube 2 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm; corolla bright yellow, 15–20 mm, throat 3–5 mm diam., abaxial lip 7–10 mm, shorter than adaxial and slightly spreading; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 1 per filament, vestigial pollen sacs present. |
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Capsules | narrowly ovoid, 5–10 mm. |
oblong-lanceoloid, 7–8 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–16, dark brown, ovoid to rhomboid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
15–20, light brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes, mesas, often limestone. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion | Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cordylanthus laxiflorus is recognized by its bright yellow corollas with adaxial lip shorter than the galea. Cordylanthus parviflorus also has the abaxial lip shorter than the adaxial; it has pink to purple corollas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 676. | FNA vol. 17, p. 672. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia tenuis | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 383. (1868) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. (1859) — (as Cordylanthu) | ||||||||||||||||
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