familyOrobanchaceae
genusCordylanthus
speciesCordylanthus wrightii
subspeciesCordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii
Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii
Synonyms: Cordylanthus wrightii var. pauciflorus Kearney & Peebles
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 678.
Stems puberulent to sparsely puberulent and/or glandular-puberulent. Leaves 3–5-lobed. Spikes 2–4-flowered, 20–30 mm; bracts 2 or 3. Pedicels: bracteoles 15–30 mm, margins toothed distally. Flowers: corolla bright-yellow or lavender-pink with purple markings, 20–25 mm. 2n = 26.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Dry openings, pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush scrub.
Elevation: 1600–2200 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua)
Discussion
The inflorescence bracts of subsp. wrightii are three- to nine-lobed; northern populations tend to have three-lobed bracts; southerly populations have bracts with five to nine lobes.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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appressed +
equal +
downward +
gray +
hypogynous +
2-fid +
purple;green +
absent +
3;2 +
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15mm;30mm +
symmetric +
lanceolate +
loculicidal +
oblong +
bilabiate +
curved +
club--shaped +
straight +
absent +
hairy +
capitate +
bisexual +
2-12-flowered +
simple +
alternate +
deciduous +
cauline +
absent +
3-5-lobed +
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revolute +
parietal +
axile +
superior +
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campylotropous-like +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
2-carpellate +
fertile +
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Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
1859 +
reticulate +
brown +
oblong-ovoid +
connate +
2-4-flowered +
capitate +
didynamous +
adnate +
subequal +
equal +
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decumbent +
not fleshy +
expanded +
absent +
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