Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. barbatus

T. I. Chuang & Heckard

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 10: 58, figs. 3l3, 10k, 22h–n. 1986.

Common names: Fresno County bird’s-beak
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 677. Mentioned on page 676.

Stems puberulent, glandular-puberulent and often pilose. Leaves green, entire or 3-lobed, lobes linear to linear-lanceolate. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered, flowers in dense clusters; bracts green, 3-lobed, hirsute with long hairs. Flowers: corolla 15–18 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open, mixed deciduous forests.
Elevation: 1300–2400 m.

Discussion

Subspecies barbatus is known from Fresno County. The long, dense hairs on the inflorescence bracts help to identify it.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
rounded +  and galeate +
2-fid +  and rounded +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Kerry A. Barringer +
T. I. Chuang & Heckard +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
3-lobed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spathe-like +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Fresno County bird’s-beak +
club--shaped +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3mm +  and 2mm +
1300–2400 m. +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Open, mixed deciduous forests. +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +
glabrous +, pilose +  and puberulent +
3-lobed;entire +
purple +  and green +
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
toothed +, entire +  and 3-lobed +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
dark-brown +
6 +  and 16 +
ovoid +  and rhomboid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
subequal +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
erect +  and ascending +
pilose +, glandular-puberulent +  and puberulent +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
expanded +
Adenostegia tenuis +
Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. barbatus +
Cordylanthus tenuis +
subspecies +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +