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chaparral beard tongue

Habit Plants canescent.
Flowers

calyx 5.5–9 mm, lobes lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate;

pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm.

Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Juniper-pinyon woodlands, Joshua-tree scrub.
Elevation 400–1800 m. (1300–5900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

In the flora area, var. microphylla is found mainly in the interior Peninsular Ranges and the Desert Province of southern California.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 78.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Keckiella > Keckiella antirrhinoides
Sibling taxa
K. antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides
Synonyms Penstemon microphyllus, K. antirrhinoides subsp. microphylla, P. antirrhinoides subsp. microphyllus
Name authority (A. Gray) N. H. Holmgren: Brittonia 44: 481. (1992)
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