Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus pilosus |
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slender bird's-beak, sticky birdbeak |
hairy 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 or ascending, 10–90(–120) cm, densely puberulent and glandular-puberulent, and 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. |
puberulent and pilose; proximal 15–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 0.1–0.5 mm wide; distal 10–25 × 0.1–0.3 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 1–4, 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed, lobes green or purple distally, linear-lanceolate. |
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Pedicels | bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
bracteoles 15–20 mm, margins entire or toothed. |
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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 15–20 mm, tube 0–1 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm; corolla pale yellow to yellow-green, streaked and spotted with maroon, 15–20 mm, tube 5–10 mm, throat 5–8 mm diam., abaxial lip 5–10 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal. |
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Capsules | narrowly ovoid, 5–10 mm. |
oblong-ovoid, 6–10 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–16, dark brown, ovoid to rhomboid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
10–18, dark brown, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, striate. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Cordylanthus tenuis |
Cordylanthus pilosus |
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Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA
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Discussion | Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 676. | FNA vol. 17, p. 674. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Adenostegia tenuis | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 383. (1868) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 382. (1868) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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