Keckiella antirrhinoides
chaparral beard tongue, snapdragon penstemon
spreading to erect, 6–25 dm, canescent, rarely glabrous when young.
opposite, on short shoots as axillary clusters on older stems;
blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 2-toothed, sometimes relatively small.
panicles, finely short-hairy and sparsely glandular.
calyx 3–9 mm, lobes lanceolate to ovate;
corolla yellow drying blackish, 15–23 mm, tube plus distinct throat 6–10 mm, shorter than adaxial lip, adaxial lip 8–15 mm;
pollen sacs 1.1–1.8 mm;
staminode densely yellow-hairy, exserted.
Keckiella antirrhinoides
AZ; CA; NV; nw Mexico
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Calyces 3–6 mm, lobes widely ovate, apices obtuse to acute; plants finely hairy; pollen sacs 1.4–1.8 mm. | var. antirrhinoides |
1. Calyces 5.5–9 mm, lobes lanceolate, apices acute to acuminate; plants canescent; pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm. | var. microphylla |
CA
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