Keckiella breviflora
Brittonia 19: 203. 1967.
Common names: Bush beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon breviflorus Lindley Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: plate 1946. 1837
Stems erect, spreading with age, 5–20 dm, glabrous when young, glaucous. Leaves opposite, subsessile; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate, 10–40 mm, margins 4–12-toothed. Inflorescences thyrses, glabrous or sticky-hairy. Flowers: calyx 4–8 mm, lobes lanceolate to ovate; corolla white or cream, lobes sometimes rose tinged, lined purplish or pinkish, 12–18 mm, tube plus distinct throat 4–8 mm, shorter than adaxial lip, adaxial lip 8–12 mm; pollen sacs 0.6–0.8 mm; staminode glabrous, slightly exserted.
Distribution
Calif., Nev.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Calyces glandular. | Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora |
| 1 | Calyces glabrous. | Keckiella breviflora var. glabrisepala |