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Cordylanthus
Also called Bird's Beaks, Birds Beaks
Cordylanthus (lit. 'club-flower'), commonly known as bird's beaks, is a genus of parasitic plants in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae. These western North American natives are sparse, weedy-looking annuals with long branching erect stems and little foliage, and many bear bird's-beak–shaped flowers. They are remarkable among the broomrapes for growing at searing temperatures in arid climates.
The state of California holds the greatest biodiversity of bird's beak and the greatest number of endemic species. The genus is restricted to western North America.
Yakima bird's-beak · Desert bird's-beak · Nevin's bird's-beak · Mt. Diablo bird's-beak · Purple bird's-beak · Hairy bird's-beak · Bushy bird's beak · Stiffbranch bird's beak · Slender bird's beak · Wright's bird's beak
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordylanthus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
