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Cordylanthus rigidus subsp. setiger


Higher Taxonomy
Family: OrobanchaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: BROOMRAPE FAMILY
Habit: Annual, perennial herb, shrub; often glandular; root-parasites, roots modified into absorptive structures. Stem: generally round in ×-section. Leaf: generally simple, generally alternate, reduced to +- fleshy scales in non-green plants lacking chlorophyll; stipules generally 0. Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 1--2 in axils. Flower: bisexual; calyx lobes 0--5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed), abaxial lobes outside other lobes in bud; stamens epipetalous, 4 in 2 pairs (sometimes 1 pair sterile), additional staminode 0(1), anther sacs unequal; ovary superior, chambers 1--2, placentas 2--4, parietal, style 1, stigma lobes 0 or 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal, valves 2--4. Seed: many, small, angled; surface smooth or netted.
Genera In Family: +- 100 genera, 2060 species: worldwide, especially northern temperate and Africa. Note: High yield losses in many crops caused by Orobanche and Phelipanche species in Africa, Mediterranean, Middle East, and eastern Europe. Taxa of Orobanche in TJM2 treated here in Aphyllon and Phelipanche.
eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Genus: CordylanthusView DescriptionDichotomous Key

Common Name: BIRD'S-BEAK
Habit: Annual, gray- or yellow-green, often becoming red-purple, generally much-branched; roots +- yellow. Leaf: sessile, entire, thread-like to lanceolate or palmately 3--7-lobed, segments narrow. Inflorescence: short dense spike (subtended by bracts), < 2(5) cm or flowers 1, scattered or often clustered but not in spikes (each subtended by outer bract); outer bracts +- leaf-like; inner bract calyx-like (formerly confused with calyx), 0--7-lobed. Flower: calyx sheath-like, generally divided to base abaxially, partially surrounding corolla tube laterally, tip entire or shallowly notched; corolla club-shaped, tubular proximally, expanded laterally; upper corolla lip folded lengthwise, tip rounded, closed, opening directed downwards forming a hood enclosing anthers, style; lower corolla lip <= upper lip, obscurely 3-lobed, middle lobe tightly rolled under, tip distinctly folded inside-out; fertile stamens (2)4, anther sacs generally 2 per stamen, densely hairy at both ends and ciliate along line of dehiscence, unequal in size and placement; style bent near tip, stigma barely exserted. Seed: attached at side; seed coat tight-fitting, netted or irregularly striate.
Etymology: (Greek: club-shaped flower) Note: Close to Orthocarpus, distinguished by inflorescence, calyx, stamens; generally flowers Jul--Sep. Other taxa in TJM (1993) moved to Chloropyron, Dicranostegia.
eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax & David C. Tank
Reference: Tank et al. 2009 Syst Bot 34:182--197
Unabridged Reference: Chuang & Heckard 1986 Syst Bot Monogr 10:1--105; Tank & Olmstead 2008 Amer J Bot 95:608--625
Species: Cordylanthus rigidusView Description 


Habit: Plant 30--150 cm, yellow-green or tinged red, generally +- bristly, generally not glandular. Leaf: 10--40 mm, +- linear, often inrolled, lobes 0--3. Inflorescence: flowers 5--15 in +- compact, head-like clusters; outer bract generally 1 per flower, 5--20 mm, generally 3-lobed; inner bract 14--20 mm. Flower: calyx 10--20 mm, tube 1--2 mm; corolla 12--20 mm, +- yellow, lower side marked maroon in U-shape, pouch 3--10 mm wide, white. Seed: 1.5--2 mm, +- ovoid, wavy-striate, dark brown. Chromosomes: 2n=28.
Note: Highly variable, intergrading. Many geographic races, variably distinct; 5 most discrete (1 in Baja California) considered subspecies.
Cordylanthus rigidus (Benth.) Jeps. subsp. setiger T.I. Chuang & Heckard
NATIVE
Inflorescence: 5--13-flowered, 20--30 mm wide; outer bract 10--20 mm, lobed in lower 1/2, densely long-bristly, hairs purple-based, middle lobe linear, tip wider, notched, thickened, maroon. Flower: corolla 13--17 mm.
Ecology: Open coastal-sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodland, conifer forest; Elevation: < 2200 m. Bioregional Distribution: SCoRO, SW; Distribution Outside California: northern Baja California. Flowering Time: Jun--Sep
Unabridged Synonyms: Cordylanthus filifolius Benth., illeg.
Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax & David C. Tank
Reference: Tank et al. 2009 Syst Bot 34:182--197
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Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax & David C. Tank 2012, Cordylanthus rigidus subsp. setiger, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=49982, accessed on December 03, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 03, 2024.

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