Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla
Keckiella antirrhinoides
chaparral beard tongue
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 5.5–9 mm, lobes lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate;
pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm.
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 var. microphylla
Keckiella antirrhinoides
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.)
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 |
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