Cordylanthus ramosus

Nuttall ex Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

Prodr. 10: 597. 1846.

Common names: Bushy bird’s-beak
Endemic
Synonyms: Adenostegia ciliosa Rydberg A. ramosa (Nuttall ex Bentham) Greene Cordylanthus ramosus var. puberulus J. F. Macbride C. ramosus subsp. setosus Pennell
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Stems erect, 10–30 (–90) cm, puberulent, sometimes pilose. Leaves puberulent; proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–5-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide; distal 10–15 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire. Inflorescences capitate spikes, 3–7-flowered; bracts 1–7, 10–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes green, sometimes purple distally, filiform. Pedicels: bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. Flowers: calyx 15–20 mm, tube 0 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–1 mm; corolla pale-yellow, spotted and streaked with purple, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip 3–5 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial; stamens 4, filaments hairy distally, fertile pollen-sacs 2 per filament, unequal. Capsules oblong-lanceoloid, 8–10 mm. Seeds 10–20, light-brown, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering late Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub.
Elevation: 400–2900 m.

Distribution

Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
rounded +  and galeate +
2-fid +  and entire +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Kerry A. Barringer +
Nuttall ex Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spathe-like +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
oblong-lanceoloid +
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Bushy bird’s-beak +
spotted and streaked with purple +  and pale-yellow +
club--shaped +
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400–2900 m. +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Rocky, alkaline soils, sagebrush scrub. +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +
puberulent +
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0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
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tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
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1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
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subequal +
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pilose +  and puberulent +
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