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Desert bird's-beak

Cordylanthus eremicus

Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SE. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Cordylanthus eremicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name desert bird's beak.

It is endemic to California, where it is known from dry mountainous habitat in the San Bernardino Mountains, the mountains of the Mojave Desert region, and the Kern Plateau in the southern Sierra Nevada. It grows in dry, rocky slopes and openings in pine or juniper forests.

Other Cordylanthus plants

Yakima 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 · Bird's Beak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordylanthus eremicus 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.

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