Keckiella breviflora

Taxobox
name = "Keckiella breviflora"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Plantaginaceae
genus = "Keckiella"
species = "K. breviflora"
binomial = "Keckiella breviflora"
binomial_authority = (Lindl.) Straw

"Keckiella breviflora" (formerly "Penstemon breviflorus") is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common name bush beardtongue. It is native to many of the mountain ranges and foothills of central California, and its range extends just into Nevada. This is a branching, bushy shrub with many thin stems, approaching a maximum height near two meters. Its shiny green leaves are arranged oppositely on the branches, and each is one to four centimeters long, generally lance-shaped and finely serrated or smooth along the edges. The shrub produces tall inflorescences which are loose, glandular spikes of flowers. Each flower is one to two centimeters wide with five pale pink or pinkish-streaked white lobes whose external surfaces have long, shiny hairs. The three lower lobes curl outward from the mouth and under, and the two upper lobes are joined into a lip that curves forward over the mouth. Within the mouth are long stamen filaments bearing anthers, and a flat, hairless, sterile stamen called a staminode.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7347,7351 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KEBR USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Keckiella+breviflora Photo gallery]