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Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. barbatus
Photo is of parent taxon

Fresno County bird's-beak
Stems

puberulent, glandular-puberulent and often pilose.
Leaves

green, entire or 3-lobed, lobes linear to linear-lanceolate.
Inflorescences

3–7-flowered, flowers in dense clusters;

bracts green, 3-lobed, hirsute with long hairs.
Flowers

corolla 15–18 mm.
2n

= 28.

Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. barbatus
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Open, mixed deciduous forests.
Elevation 1300–2400 m. (4300–7900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies barbatus is known from Fresno County. The long, dense hairs on the inflorescence bracts help to identify it.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 677.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus tenuis
Sibling taxa
C. tenuis subsp. brunneus, C. tenuis subsp. pallescens, C. tenuis subsp. tenuis, C. tenuis subsp. viscidus
Name authority T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 58, figs. 3l3, 10k, 22h–n. (1986)
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