Orthocarpus cuspidatus

Greene

Pittonia 4: 101. 1899.

Endemic
Synonyms: Orthocarpus pachystachyus var. cuspidatus (Greene) Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 682. Mentioned on page 565, 681.

Annuals 10–40 cm. Stems erect to ascending, puberulent to scabrous. Leaves 10–50 mm; blade: proximal margins entire, distal 3-lobed. Inflorescences racemes, 2–10 cm; bracts 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed from base, proximal not resembling distal leaves, midlobe purple-pink distally, ovate, 6–9 mm wide, apex obtuse, cuspidate, lateral lobes lanceolate. Pedicels 2 mm. Flowers: calyx 7–10 mm; corolla 9–25 mm, equal to or longer than bracts, abaxial lip slightly inflated, lobes 3, triangular, adaxial lip purple-pink, 3–8 mm, equal to or 1–5 mm longer than abaxial, densely puberulent, tip not hooked, not bearded. Capsules 6–8 mm, apex retuse. Seeds 1–12, dark-brown, ovoid to reniform, 2 mm, shallowly reticulate, not ridged. 2n = 28.

Discussion

Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Corollas 16–25 mm, abaxial lips 7–8 mm. Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. cuspidatus
1 Corollas 9–18 mm, abaxial lips 3–6 mm. > 2
2 Corollas 14–18 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lips 5–6 mm. Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. copelandii
2 Corollas 9–14 mm, equal to bracts, abaxial lips 3–4 mm. Orthocarpus cuspidatus subsp. cryptanthus
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rounded +  and galeate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
retuse +  and obtuse +
Kerry A. Barringer +
Greene +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tubular +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
white +, yellow +  and purple-pink +
gibbous +  and club--shaped +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Calif. +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
deciduous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
triangular +
3-lobed +  and entire +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
dark-brown +
1 +  and 12 +
not ridged +, ovoid +  and reniform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
erect +  and ascending +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
not fleshy +
not expanded +
Orthocarpus pachystachyus var. cuspidatus +
Orthocarpus cuspidatus +
Orthocarpus +
species +
not bearded +
not hooked +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +