Cordylanthus parviflorus

Species of flowering plant

Cordylanthus parviflorus
Cordylanthus parviflorus growing on Turtlehead Peak, southern Nevada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Cordylanthus
Species:
C. parviflorus
Binomial name
Cordylanthus parviflorus
(Ferris) Wiggins

Cordylanthus parviflorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name purple bird's beak. It is native to the western United States where it grows in several types of habitat, including the sagebrush steppe of the Great Basin. It is an annual herb, red-tinted gray-green in color, and hairy, glandular, and sticky in texture. It grows 20 to 60 centimeters tall.[1] The inflorescence bears flowers accompanied by hairy, lobed red-green bracts. The flower is up to 2 centimeters long, made up of a dark-veined pink pouch enveloped in darker sepals.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Cordylanthus parviflorus". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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Cordylanthus parviflorus


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