familyOrobanchaceae
genusChloropyron
speciesChloropyron maritimum
subspeciesChloropyron maritimum subsp. palustre
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. palustre
Syst. Bot. 34: 188. 2009.
Common names: Point Reyes bird's-beak
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Chloropyron palustre Behr Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 61. 1855
Synonyms: Cordylanthus maritimus subsp. palustris (Behr) T. I. Chuang & Heckard
Stems 10–30 cm, puberulent and pilose or glabrescent; branches absent or ascending, distals not overtopping central spike. Spikes: bract margins entire or slightly notched. Flowers: corolla-tube and abaxial lip white to pale-yellow, galea pink or purple-red. Seeds 10–20, 2–3 mm. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
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Calif., Oreg.
Discussion
Subspecies palustre grows just above the high tide line in salt marshes from Coos County, Oregon, to San Luis Obispo County, California.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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downward +
gray +
hypogynous +
infertile +
purple +
absent +
absent +
ascending +
absent +
symmetric +
spathe-like +
loculicidal +
ovoid +
Point Reyes bird's-beak +
not elongate +
white;pale-yellow +
bilabiate +
curved +
club--shaped +
straight +
absent +
bisexual +
eglandular +
lanceolate +
2mm;8mm +
simple +
alternate +
deciduous +
cauline +
absent +
purple-red;redbrown +
? - ? +
erect +
not revolute +
parietal +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
campylotropous-like +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
2-carpellate +
approximate +
infertile +
Syst. Bot. +
2009 +
dark-brown +
connate +
didynamous +
adnate +
subequal +
equal +
peglike +
absent +
not fleshy +
expanded +
absent +
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. palustre +
Chloropyron maritimum +
subspecies +
annual +
hemiparasitic +
fleshy +
absent +