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Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis
Donald Myrick© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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Cordylanthus rigidus  (Benth.) Jepson  ssp. littoralis  (Ferris) Chuang & Heckard
seaside bird's beak
Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis, a dicot, is an annual herb (hemiparasitic) that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

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

It is listed by the State of California as Endangered .

Communities: Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Sage Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral
Habitat: coastal, dunes [CNPS Inventory]
Family: OROBANCHACEAE   (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Cordylanthus found in California.
See the more inclusive parent record Cordylanthus rigidus.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Cordylanthus rigidus var. littoralis
TJM2 + PLANTS: Cordylanthus littoralis
CNPS: Cordylanthus littoralis ssp. littoralis




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (CORIL)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 22, 2013).

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