Stems spreading to erect, 3–6 dm, glabrous or hairy when young. Leaves opposite; blade oblanceolate or lanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, 10–35 mm, base wedge-shaped, margins entire or 3–5-toothed. Inflorescences corymbs, glandular-hairy and densely coarse-hairy. Flowers: caly× 6.4–11 mm, lobes lanceolate, sometimes ovate to oblanceolate; corolla pink to red, 22–40 mm, tube plus indistinct throat 17–22 mm, adaxial lip 9–15 mm; pollen sacs 0.9–1 mm; staminode densely yellow-hairy, included. 2n = 16.

Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct).
Habitat: Rocky slopes, coniferous or hardwood forests, chaparral.
Elevation: 40–2000 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Keckiella corymbosa occurs in the coastal ranges from the Central Coast to the North Coast regions of California. D. D. Keck (1936) argued that indument variation has no coherent pattern within K. corymbosa. D. C. Michener (1982) proposed that widespread introgression involving multiple species might be responsible.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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