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bush beardtongue, gaping keckiella

heart leaf keckiella

Stems

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

climbing, 10–30 dm, glabrous or short-hairy when young.

Leaves

opposite, subsessile;

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

opposite;

blade ovate, 20–65 mm, base rounded, truncate, or cordate, margins usually 3–11-toothed.

Inflorescences

thyrses, glabrous or sticky-hairy.

panicles, glandular and 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.

calyx 7–13 mm, lobes lanceolate;

corolla red to reddish orange, 31–43 mm, tube plus indistinct throat 18–25 mm, adaxial lip 11–21 mm;

pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm;

staminode densely yellow-hairy, included.

2n

= 16.

Keckiella breviflora

Keckiella cordifolia

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Chaparral, forests.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

In the flora area, Keckiella cordifolia occurs primarily in the South Coast Ranges, the San Bernardino Mountains, the Peninsular Ranges, and the Channel Islands. It grows in wooded, riparian habitats and is the most mesic of keckiellas.

Individuals with yellow corollas are presumed to be mutants in which the red anthocyanins are not expressed. Individual plants may develop as weakly sprawling to climbing shrubs. The relatively long stems are not self-supporting.

(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. FNA vol. 17, p. 78.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Keckiella Plantaginaceae > Keckiella
Sibling taxa
K. antirrhinoides, K. cordifolia, K. corymbosa, K. lemmonii, K. rothrockii, K. ternata
K. antirrhinoides, K. breviflora, K. corymbosa, K. lemmonii, K. rothrockii, K. ternata
Subordinate taxa
K. breviflora var. breviflora, K. breviflora var. glabrisepala
Synonyms Penstemon breviflorus Penstemon cordifolius
Name authority (Lindley) Straw: Brittonia 19: 203. (1967) (Bentham) Straw: Brittonia 19: 203. (1967)
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