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Wright's bird's beak

Stems

puberulent to sparsely puberulent and/or glandular-puberulent.

Leaves

3–5-lobed.

Spikes

2–4-flowered, 20–30 mm;

bracts 2 or 3.

Pedicels

bracteoles 15–30 mm, margins toothed distally.

Flowers

corolla bright yellow or lavender-pink with purple markings, 20–25 mm.

2n

= 26.

Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Dry openings, pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 1600–2200 m. (5200–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Discussion

The inflorescence bracts of subsp. wrightii are three- to nine-lobed; northern populations tend to have three-lobed bracts; southerly populations have bracts with five to nine lobes.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 678.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus wrightii
Sibling taxa
C. wrightii subsp. kaibabensis, C. wrightii subsp. tenuifolius
Synonyms C. wrightii var. pauciflorus
Name authority unknown
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