familyOrobanchaceae
genusChloropyron
speciesChloropyron maritimum
subspeciesChloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum
Common names: Saltmarsh bird's-beak
Conservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 667.
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Stems 15–30 cm, puberulent and often villous or short-pilose; branches decumbent to ascending, distals usually overtopping central spike. Spikes: bract margins entire or slightly notched. Flowers: corolla-tube and abaxial lip pale-yellow to white, galea purple-red or brown-red. Seeds 15–20, 1.5–2.5 mm. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion
Plants intermediate between the coastal subsp. maritimum and the inland subsp. canescens have been found in southern California.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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downward +
gray +
hypogynous +
infertile +
purple +
absent +
absent +
symmetric +
spathe-like +
loculicidal +
ovoid +
Saltmarsh bird's-beak +
not elongate +
pale-yellow;white +
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 +
Muhlenbergia +
1907 +
dark-brown +
connate +
Conservation concern +
didynamous +
adnate +
subequal +
equal +
peglike +
absent +
not fleshy +
expanded +
absent +
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annual +
hemiparasitic +
fleshy +
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