familyOrobanchaceae
genusCordylanthus
speciesCordylanthus tenuis
subspeciesCordylanthus tenuis subsp. tenuis
Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. tenuis
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Cordylanthus bolanderi (A. Gray) Pennell C. pilosus subsp. bolanderi (A. Gray) Munz C. pilosus var. bolanderi A. Gray
Stems puberulent to glandular-pubescent proximally. Leaves green, linear, entire. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered; bracts green, entire, hirsute with a few long hairs near margins. Flowers: corolla 10–20 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Openings in conifer woodlands.
Elevation: 300–2600 m.
Discussion
Subspecies tenuis grows in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with a disjunct population in the Klamath Range. Some plants from the central Klamath Range are similar to subsp. viscidus, which has three-lobed inflorescence bracts.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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appressed +
equal +
downward +
gray +
hypogynous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
entire +
green +
absent +
hirsute +
1;4 +
absent +
10mm;20mm +
symmetric +
spathe-like +
loculicidal +
ovoid +
bilabiate +
pale-yellow +
curved +
club--shaped +
Calif. +
straight +
absent +
hairy +
capitate +
bisexual +
purple +
long +
few +
Present +
1-3-flowered +
2-7-flowered +
simple +
entire +
alternate +
green +
deciduous +
cauline +
absent +
revolute +
parietal +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
campylotropous-like +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
2-carpellate +
fertile +
equal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1868 +
dark-brown +
connate +
capitate +
didynamous +
adnate +
subequal +
equal +
absent +
decumbent +
not fleshy +
expanded +
absent +
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folded +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
purple +
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fleshy +
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