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Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii

Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. kaibabensis
Photo is of parent taxon

Wright's bird's beak
Photo is of parent taxon

Kaibab bird's beak, Kaibab Plateau bird's-beak
Stems

puberulent to sparsely puberulent and/or glandular-puberulent.

puberulent and glandular-puberulent to glabrate.
Leaves

3–5-lobed.

5–7-lobed.
Spikes

2–4-flowered, 20–30 mm;

bracts 2 or 3.

5–12-flowered, 25–40 mm;

bracts 4–10.
Pedicels

bracteoles 15–30 mm, margins toothed distally.

bracteoles 20–25 mm, margins pinnately lobed, lobes 5–7.
Flowers

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

corolla pale yellow with purple markings, 20–30 mm.
2n

= 26.

Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii

Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. kaibabensis
Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Dry openings, pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush scrub. Rocky openings, pine-juniper woodlands.
Elevation 1600–2200 m. (5200–7200 ft.) 1900–2000 m. (6200–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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from FNA
AZ
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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.)

Subspecies kaibabensis is known from the Kaibab Plateau. Chuang and Heckard suggested that it may be derived from a past hybridization of subsp. tenuifolius and Cordylanthus kingii subsp. kingii.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 678. FNA vol. 17, p. 678.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus wrightii Orobanchaceae > Cordylanthus > Cordylanthus wrightii
Sibling taxa
C. wrightii subsp. kaibabensis, C. wrightii subsp. tenuifolius
C. wrightii subsp. tenuifolius, C. wrightii subsp. wrightii
Synonyms C. wrightii var. pauciflorus
Name authority unknown T. I. Chuang & Heckard: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 87, fig. 35i–n. (1986)
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