Keckiella antirrhinoides

Stems spreading to erect, 6–25 dm, canescent, rarely glabrous when young. Leaves opposite, on short shoots as axillary clusters on older stems; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 2-toothed, sometimes relatively small. Inflorescences panicles, finely short-hairy and sparsely glandular. Flowers: caly× 3–9 mm, lobes lanceolate to ovate; corolla yellow drying blackish, 15–23 mm, tube plus distinct throat 6–10 mm, shorter than adaxial lip, adaxial lip 8–15 mm; pollen sacs 1.1–1.8 mm; staminode densely yellow-hairy, exserted.

Distribution

sw United States, nw Mexico.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides, Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla

Key

1	Calyces 3–6 mm, lobes widely ovate, apices obtuse to acute; plants finely hairy; pollen sacs 1.4–1.8 mm.	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides
1	Calyces 5.5–9 mm, lobes lanceolate, apices acute to acuminate; plants canescent; pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm.	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla