Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus nevinii |
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slender bird's-beak, sticky birdbeak |
Nevin's bird's-beak |
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Stems | erect to ascending, 20–80(–120) cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent, puberulent, and/or pilose. |
ascending, 20–80 cm, densely puberulent and glandular-puberulent, sometimes pilose. |
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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 glandular-puberulent; proximal 5–30 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–20 × 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, 2(or 3)-flowered, or flowers solitary; bracts 1–3, 5–10 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes white to cream distally, linear or slightly spatulate, apex rounded to retuse. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
bracteoles 10–15 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 10–15 mm, tube 1 mm, apex entire; corolla white with purple veins, apex yellow, 10–18 mm, throat 5–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 1 per filament, vestigial pollen sacs present. |
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Capsules | narrowly ovoid, 5–10 mm. |
ovoid-oblong, 5–8 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–16, dark brown, ovoid to rhomboid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
6–10, dark brown, ovoid, 2.5–3 mm, striate. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus nevinii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Openings, hillsides, pine-oak woodlands. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1400–2600 m. (4600–8500 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cordylanthus nevinii has relatively short inflorescence bracts, similar to those of C. rigidus subsp. brevibracteatus, which is sympatric. Cordylanthus nevinii can be distinguished by having only one fertile pollen sac per stamen and flowers much longer than the inflorescence bracts. The corolla of Cordylanthus nevinii is very wide at the middle just proximal to the base of the adaxial lip. The flowers appear to have a pair of lateral pouches. This appearance is enhanced because the pouches are white, in contrast to the purple-veined adaxial lip. (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. 673. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia tenuis | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 383. (1868) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 229. (1882) | ||||||||||||||||
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