Flora of North America species comparison

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Keckiella breviflora

bush beardtongue, gaping keckiella
Stems

erect, spreading with age, 5–20 dm, glabrous when young, glaucous.
Leaves

opposite, subsessile;

blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 10–40 mm, margins 4–12-toothed.
Inflorescences

thyrses, glabrous or sticky-hairy.
Flowers

calyx 4–8 mm, lobes lanceolate to ovate;

corolla white or cream, lobes sometimes rose tinged, lined purplish or pinkish, 12–18 mm, tube plus distinct throat 4–8 mm, shorter than adaxial lip, adaxial lip 8–12 mm;

pollen sacs 0.6–0.8 mm;

staminode glabrous, slightly exserted.

Keckiella breviflora
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Calyces glandular.
var. breviflora
1. Calyces glabrous.
var. glabrisepala
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 78.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Keckiella
Sibling taxa
K. antirrhinoides, K. cordifolia, K. corymbosa, K. lemmonii, K. rothrockii, K. ternata
Subordinate taxa
K. breviflora var. breviflora, K. breviflora var. glabrisepala
Synonyms Penstemon breviflorus
Name authority (Lindley) Straw: Brittonia 19: 203. (1967)
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