Calflora: Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus

Taxon Report 2341

Cordylanthus maritimus Benth. ssp. maritimus (not an active name; please see Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum)

Salt marsh bird's beak, Saltmarsh bird's beak

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Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus, a dicot, is an annual herb (hemiparasitic) that is native to California and Baja California.

It was included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list [1B.2] (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

It is listed by the State of California as Endangered and by the Federal Government as 'Endangered '.


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Plant Characteristics
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Bloom Period

Family:	OROBANCHACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Genus:	Cordylanthus
Parent Record	Cordylanthus maritimus

Communities:	Coastal Strand, Coastal Salt Marsh, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	salt-marsh, dunes, coastal [CNPS Inventory]
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2 + CNPS accepted name:	Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum

NOTE: Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (COMAM3)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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