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Bushy Bird's Beak
( Cordylanthus ramosus )
Cordylanthus ramosus
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About Bushy Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus ramosus)
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Cordylanthus ramosus
is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name bushy bird's beak. It is native to the western United States where it grows in mountains and plateau, including the sagebrush of the Great Basin. It is an annual herb producing an erect, branching gray-green form, often tinted with red, becoming bushy at its most robust and appearing not unlike a sagebrush. The small leaves are narrow and linear or divided into several narrow, thready lobes. The inflorescence is a small spike of a few flowers surrounded by bracts which are linear or divided into narrow, thready lobes like the leaves. The bracts are faintly woolly and occasionally bristly in texture. The flower is one to two centimeters long with a hairy yellow pouch enclosed in darker, tougher reddish sepals. This plant had a number of historical medicinal uses for the Navajo people, who used it as an emetic.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
1 ft tall
Form
Upright
Growth Rate
Fast
Flower Color
Yellow
Flowering Season
Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
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Soil Description
Prefers loamy soils
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.6" - 25.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.37" - 1.94", Coldest Month: 26.1" - 45.4", Hottest Month: 50.0" - 76.1", Humidity: 0.88" - 30.15", Elevation: 1367" - 9969"
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Cordylanthus ramosus
Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
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