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Chloropyron maritimum

(Nutt. ex Benth.) A. Heller

Saltmarsh Bird's-beak

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
PSESA Status
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160203
Element CodePDSCR0J0C0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyOrobanchaceae
GenusChloropyron
USESAPS
Synonyms
Cordylanthus maritimusNutt. ex Benth.
Other Common Names
saltmarsh bird's-beak (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Tank et al. (2009) move four species of Cordylanthus (maritimus, mollis, palmatus, and tecopensis) to Chloropyron. This move is accepted by Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019).
Conservation Status
Review Date1998-02-01
Change Date1998-02-01
Range Extent Comments
Found from southern Oregon to upper Baja California, Mexico (Munz, 1959).
Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Cordylanthus maritimus can be distinguished by a corolla shorter than the calyx, purple on lower lobes and thin margin of galea; bracts usually with a pair of short distal lobes. It is found in coastal areas. (Munz, 1959)

Habitat

Grows in coastal salt marshes (Smith and Berg, 1988).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
NevadaS3Yes
UtahSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
DurationANNUAL
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (11)
California (10)
AreaForestAcres
Black CanyonInyo National Forest32,421
Boundary Peak (CA)Inyo National Forest210,884
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
DiableLos Padres National Forest19,597
HortonInyo National Forest5,717
JuncalLos Padres National Forest12,289
MatilijaLos Padres National Forest5,218
MonoLos Padres National Forest28,141
PaiuteInyo National Forest58,712
White LedgeLos Padres National Forest18,632
Nevada (1)
AreaForestAcres
Toiyabe RangeHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest99,225
References (6)
  1. Abrams, L. 1951. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 3. Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 866 pp.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2019. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 17: Magnoliophyta: Tetrachondraceae to Orobanchaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 737 pp.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
  5. Smith, J.P., and K. Berg. 1988. California native plant society's inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 4th edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 168 pp.
  6. Tank, D.C., J.M. Egger, and R.O. Olmstead. 2009. Phylogenetic classification of subtribe Castillejinae (Orobanchaceae). Systematic Botany 34(1):182-197.