Annuals 10–25 cm. Stems erect or ascending, scabrous, sparsely soft-hairy, and puberulent. Leaves 30–50 mm; blade: proximal margins entire, distal 3–5-lobed. Inflorescences spikes, 5–10 cm; bracts broadly ovate, 20–30 mm, margins 3-lobed in distal 2/3, proximal not resembling distal leaves, midlobe purple-pink distally, ovate, 7–10 mm wide, apex obtuse, cuspidate, lateral lobes narrowly triangulate. Pedicels 0–1 mm. Flowers: calyx 15–20 mm; corolla 25–30 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip slightly inflated, lobes 3, rounded, adaxial lip purple-pink, 8–10 mm, 2–3 mm longer than abaxial, glabrous, tip notably hooked, not bearded. Capsules 5–7 mm, apex obtuse. Seeds 10–15, light-brown to brown, ovoid, 3 mm, reticulate, not ridged. 2n = 28.

Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Sagebrush scrub.
Elevation: 500–1000 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Orthocarpus pachystachyus is known from the eastern Klamath Range and adjacent areas of the western Cascades in Siskiyou County.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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