Cordylanthus capitatus

Cordylanthus capitatus
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Cordylanthus
Species:	C. capitatus
Binomial name
	Cordylanthus capitatus; Nutt. ex Benth.

Cordylanthus capitatus, the Yakima bird's-beak or clustered bird's-beak, is an uncommon plant of the Western U.S.

Description

Annual with spreading

capsule, slender, pointed, 8–10 mm long. Seeds 4–6, 2–2.5 mm, rather reniform, shallowly reticulate, rather smooth between nets.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Distribution, habitat, and ecology

This plant is

hemiparasite of that plant. Its elevational

range is from 4,575 to 7,625 ft (2,324 m) above sea level.

Conservation status and threats

California Native Plant Society List 2.2.

NatureServe Global Rank: G4

The threats facing Yaquima bird's-beak are not known at present.

Field identification

Yakima bird's-beak flowers from July to early September. The flowers are purple. It is likely to be found in dry, gravelly soil derived from volcanic rocks, within a few feet of sagebrush.

References

^ Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield (1918). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Adenostegia". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 45 (10). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 45, No. 10: 403–404.
JSTOR 2479700
.

^ Jepson, Willis Linn (1925). Manual of the Flowering Plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 945.
^ Abrams, Leroy (1951). Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Volume III: Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae. Stanford University Press. pp. 858–859.
^ Cronquist, Arthur; Arthur H. Holmgren; Noel H. Holmgren; James L. Reveal; Patricia K. Holmgren (1984). Intermountain Flora: Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., Vol. Four. Bronx: New York Botanical Gardens. p. 506.
^ Chuang, T.I.; Lawrence R. Heckard (1993). Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press. pp. 1029.

External links

[Ferris_1918-1] Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield (1918). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Adenostegia". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 45 (10). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 45, No. 10: 403–404.
JSTOR 2479700
.

[Jepson_1925-2] Jepson, Willis Linn (1925). Manual of the Flowering Plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 945.

[Abrams_1951-3] Abrams, Leroy (1951). Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Volume III: Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae. Stanford University Press. pp. 858–859.

[Cronquist_1984-4] Cronquist, Arthur; Arthur H. Holmgren; Noel H. Holmgren; James L. Reveal; Patricia K. Holmgren (1984). Intermountain Flora: Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., Vol. Four. Bronx: New York Botanical Gardens. p. 506.

[S&M_1997-5] Chuang, T.I.; Lawrence R. Heckard (1993). Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press. pp. 1029.

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