Difference between revisions of "Cordylanthus laxiflorus"

A. Gray in W. H. Emory

Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 120. 1859.

Common names: Nodding bird’s-beak
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Revision as of 14:56, 18 September 2019

Stems erect, 30–90 cm, hirsute to pilose, hairs glandular and eglandular. Leaves densely pilose; proximal 5–20 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide; distal 5–15 × 1 mm, margins entire. Inflorescences spikes, 1(–4)-flowered; bract 1, 5–7 mm, 3-lobed, lobes green or purple, narrowly lanceolate. Pedicels: bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire. Flowers: calyx 10–17 mm, tube 2 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm; corolla bright yellow, 15–20 mm, throat 3–5 mm diam., abaxial lip 7–10 mm, shorter than adaxial and slightly spreading; stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 1 per filament, vestigial pollen sacs present. Capsules oblong-lanceoloid, 7–8 mm. Seeds 15–20, light brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate and papillate. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, mesas, often limestone.
Elevation: 1000–1900 m.

Distribution

Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Sonora).

Discussion

Cordylanthus laxiflorus is recognized by its bright yellow corollas with adaxial lip shorter than the galea. Cordylanthus parviflorus also has the abaxial lip shorter than the adaxial; it has pink to purple corollas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.