Keckiella breviflora

(Lindley) Straw

Brittonia 19: 203. 1967.

Common names: Bush beardtongue
Endemic
Basionym: Penstemon breviflorus Lindley Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: plate 1946. 1837
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 78. Mentioned on page 76, 77.
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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: caly× 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

w United States.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.