Chloropyron maritimum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Chloropyron maritimum (Nutt. ex Benth.) A. Heller

Salt marsh bird's beak

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

2018 Saskia Raether

2019 Michelle Karle

2011 Michael Perlmutter

2010 Benjamin Smith

2013 Robert Sikora

2008 Jorg Fleige

Chloropyron maritimum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~386 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. canescens ... ssp. maritimum ... ssp. palustre
Genus:	Chloropyron
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: Coastal Strand, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Cordylanthus maritimus
PLANTS	Cordylanthus maritimus

Information about Chloropyron maritimum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/12/2024).