Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cordylanthus tenuis A. Gray ssp. capillaris (Pennell) T. I. Chuang & Heckard

Pennell's bird's beak

2009 Aaron Arthur

2015 John Doyen

Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris is an annual herb (hemiparasitic) that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Cordylanthus brunneus ssp. capillaris

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

State of California status: Rare. Federal status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~41 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

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Parent:	Cordylanthus tenuis
Genus:	Cordylanthus
Family:	Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Ultramafic affinity: 6 - strict endemic

Communities: Closed-cone Pine Forest, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Cordylanthus brunneus ssp. capillaris
PLANTS	Cordylanthus capillaris

Information about Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (COTEC) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).