Chloropyron molle subsp. hispidum

(Pennell) Tank & J. M. Egger

Syst. Bot. 34: 188. 2009.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Cordylanthus hispidus Pennell Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 99: 192. 1947
Synonyms: C. mollis subsp. hispidus (Pennell) T. I. Chuang & Heckard
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Stems hispid, hairs stiff; branches from near base, spreading. Spikes 2–6 cm. Flowers: corolla-tube sparsely tomentose. Seeds 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Salt marshes, alkaline flats.
Elevation: 0–150 m.

Discussion

Subspecies hispidum is usually found inland from the coast in Kern, Merced, and Solano counties. Plants tend to be slightly shorter, retain their leaves longer, and have more deeply incised leaf margins than those of subsp. molle. Hispid indument, once thought to characterize subsp. hispidum, also occurs on plants of subsp. molle.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
rounded +  and galeate +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(Pennell) Tank & J. M. Egger +
Cordylanthus hispidus +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
spathe-like +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not elongate +
pale-yellow +, white +  and greenish white +
club--shaped +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0–150 m. +
pilose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Salt marshes, alkaline flats. +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
narrowly lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
deciduous +
pink;purple-red +
narrowly triangular +  and triangular +
3-7-lobed +, 7-lobed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
dark-brown +
20 +  and 30 +
ovoid +  and reniform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
spreading +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
expanded +
C. mollis subsp. hispidus +
Chloropyron molle subsp. hispidum +
Chloropyron molle +
subspecies +