Chloropyron molle
(A. Gray) A. Heller
ssp. molle
Soft bird's-beak
Chloropyron molle ssp. molle is an annual herb (hemiparasitic) that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
California Rare Plant Rank:
1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere)
State of California status: Rare.
Federal status: Endangered.
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Occurs in wetlands
salt-marsh, coastal
Coastal Salt Marsh, wetland-riparian
Chloropyron molle ssp. molle: It is a hemi-parasitic plant that gets part of its nutritional needs from host plants including Distichlis spicata, or salt grass, and Salicornia spp., or pickleweed.
Chloropyron etymology:: from the roots chloros, meaning "green" or "greenish-yellow," and the roots pyr- or pyros, possibly meaning "divine," "fire," or "grain," of unknown application. The genus Chloropyron was published by Hans Hermann Behr in 1805.
