Keckiella breviflora |
Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora |
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bush beardtongue, gaping keckiella |
gaping penstemon |
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Stems | erect, spreading with age, 5–20 dm, glabrous when young, glaucous. |
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Leaves | opposite, subsessile; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 10–40 mm, margins 4–12-toothed. |
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Inflorescences | thyrses, glabrous or sticky-hairy. |
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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. |
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Calyces | glandular. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Keckiella breviflora |
Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes, forests, chaparral. | |||||
Elevation | 30–2700 m. (100–8900 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; NV
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CA; NV |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 78. | FNA vol. 17, p. 78. | ||||
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Keckiella | Plantaginaceae > Keckiella > Keckiella breviflora | ||||
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Synonyms | Penstemon breviflorus | |||||
Name authority | (Lindley) Straw: Brittonia 19: 203. (1967) | unknown | ||||
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