Difference between revisions of "Cordylanthus pringlei"

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 94. 1883.

Common names: Pringle’s bird’s-beak
EndemicConservation concern
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Revision as of 20:06, 16 December 2019

Stems erect or ascending, 30–120(–150) cm, glabrous or puberulent. Leaves puberulent or glabrous; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 5–20 × 1 mm, margins entire. Inflorescences capitate spikes, 2–4-flowered, 15–20 mm; bracts 1–3, flabelliform, 5–8 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes green, narrowly ovate. Pedicels: bracteoles 8–10 mm, margins entire. Flowers: calyx 8–10 mm, tube 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm; corolla pale yellow to yellow with purple markings, 8–9 mm, throat 4 mm diam., adaxial lip 3–4 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal. Capsules oblong-ovoid, 5–8 mm. Seeds 4–6, dark brown, ovoid to narrowly reniform, 2.5–3 mm, striate. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Dry openings in chaparral and mixed-evergreen forests.
Elevation: 300–1900 m.

Discussion

Cordylanthus pringlei grows in the Coast Range of California. The species is distinctive because of its flabelliform inflorescence bracts and relatively short corollas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.