Keckiella antirrhinoides
Brittonia 19: 203. 1967.
Common names: Snapdragon penstemon
Illustrated
Basionym: Penstemon antirrhinoides Bentham e× A. de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 594. 1846
Stems spreading to erect, 6–25 dm, canescent, rarely glabrous when young. Leaves opposite, on short shoots as axillary clusters on older stems; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, 5–20 mm, margins entire or 2-toothed, sometimes relatively small. Inflorescences panicles, finely short-hairy and sparsely glandular. Flowers: calyx 3–9 mm, lobes lanceolate to ovate; corolla yellow drying blackish, 15–23 mm, tube plus distinct throat 6–10 mm, shorter than adaxial lip, adaxial lip 8–15 mm; pollen sacs 1.1–1.8 mm; staminode densely yellow-hairy, exserted.
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., nw Mexico.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
1 | Calyces 3–6 mm, lobes widely ovate, apices obtuse to acute; plants finely hairy; pollen sacs 1.4–1.8 mm. | Keckiella antirrhinoides var. antirrhinoides |
1 | Calyces 5.5–9 mm, lobes lanceolate, apices acute to acuminate; plants canescent; pollen sacs 1.1–1.5 mm. | Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla |