Keckiella breviflora

(Lindley) Straw

Brittonia 19: 203. 1967.

Common names: Bush beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon breviflorus Lindley Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: plate 1946. 1837
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 78. Mentioned on page 76, 77.

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.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.