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Chloropyron palmatum
Also called Palmate Bract Bird's Beak, Palmate Bracted Bird's Beak, Palmate Bird's Beak, Palmbract Bird's Beak
Chloropyron palmatum (formerly Cordylanthus palmatus) is an endangered species of salt-tolerant, flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is a low, highly branched herbaceous annual with each flower enclosed by a single, characteristically palmate bract. It is known by the common names of palmate salty bird's-beak and palmate-bract bird's-beak.
The plant is endemic to the Central Valley of California, where it has been recorded in the counties of Colusa, Yolo, Alameda, San Joaquin, Madera and Fresno. The species has been introduced to Glenn County. It has been extirpated from San Joaquin County.
Saltmarsh bird's-beak · Soft Bird's Beak · Saltmarsh Bird's Beak
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chloropyron palmatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
