Cordylanthus parviflorus

Cordylanthus parviflorus
Purple Bird's Beak
C. parviflorus growing on Turtlehead Peak, southern Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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 broomrape family 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. 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.

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  • Cordylanthus parviflorus — ID 21322 Symbol Key COPA9 Common Name purple bird s beak Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, ID, NV, UT Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

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