Chloropyron maritimum (Nutt. ex Benth.) A.Heller
Salt Marsh Bird's Beak
Orobanchaceae
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Protologue: Muhlenbergia 3: 133 (1907)
Pronunciation: Chlo-ro-p`y-ron ma-rí-ti-mum
Etymology: chloros, green + pyr, fire, flame-colored, reddish + L. maritimum, of the sea
Jepson eFlora Treatment
SD County Synoptic Voucher
[Key to subspecies, after Jepson eFlora treatment; only C. m. var. maritimum occurs in San Diego County]
| 1. Fertile stamens 4; inner bracts entire or slightly notched ..... C. maritimum 2. Inner bracts generally entire; seeds 25–40, 1–1.5 mm; inland ..... subsp. canescens 2' Inner bracts slightly notched; seeds 10–20, 2–3 mm; generally coastal 3. Stem generally much-branched, distal branches generally > central spike ; seeds ± 2 mm; SCo ..... subsp. maritimum 3' Stem 0–few-branched, branches <= central spike; seeds 2–3 mm; NCo, CCo ..... subsp. palustre 1' Fertile stamens 2, staminodes 2; inner bracts 3–7-lobed ..... Other Chloropyron taxa |
Distribution:
CCH2. Distribution of the 3 subspecies. Click to see current herbarium records and color key.
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum
Note red-purple stems and bracts, whitish, pouched and personate corolla.
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