familyOrobanchaceae
genusCordylanthus
speciesCordylanthus eremicus
subspeciesCordylanthus eremicus subsp. kernensis
Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. kernensis
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 91, figs 3c2, 8k,l, 9d, 36i. 1986.
Common names: Kern Plateau bird’s-beak
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 671.
Inflorescences: bracts sparsely pilose or glabrous, lobes green to yellow-green distally, apex acute. Flowers: calyx-tube 1 mm; corolla pink to lavender, lips pink; filaments hairy distally. Seeds not papillate.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Dry, rocky slopes in pine-juniper woodlands.
Elevation: 2100–3000 m.
Distribution
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Calif.
Discussion
Subspecies kernensis is known from the Kern Plateau in Inyo and Tulare counties. It can resemble Cordylanthus ramosus, which has calyces without a tube and yellow, not pink, corollas.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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appressed +
downward +
gray +
hypogynous +
acute +
absent +
5;10 +
absent +
10mm;20mm +
symmetric +
spathe-like +
loculicidal +
oblong-lanceoloid +
Kern Plateau bird’s-beak +
bilabiate +
curved +
club--shaped +
Calif. +
straight +
absent +
hairy +
capitate +
bisexual +
3-14-flowered +
simple +
alternate +
deciduous +
cauline +
absent +
puberulent +
scabrous +
pink +
revolute +
parietal +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
campylotropous-like +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
2-carpellate +
fertile +
equal +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
1986 +
reticulate +
pale-brown +
not papillate +
ovoid +
connate +
Endemic +
capitate +
didynamous +
adnate +
subequal +
equal +
absent +
decumbent +
not fleshy +
expanded +
absent +
Cordylanthus eremicus subsp. kernensis +
Cordylanthus eremicus +
subspecies +
folded +
annual +
hemiparasitic +
fleshy +
absent +