Cordylanthus
| Cordylanthus | |
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| Cordylanthus maritimus subsp. palustris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Subtribe: | Castillejinae |
| Genus: | Cordylanthus Nutt. ex Benth. |
| Species | |
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18 - see text | |
Cordylanthus is a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae native to western North America. They are known commonly as bird's beaks. Like other Orobanchaceae genera, bird's beaks are root parasites which insert haustoria into the roots of host plants to obtain nutrients. These are spare, weedy-looking annual plants with long branching erect stems and little foliage. Many bear bird's-beak-shaped flowers in shades of pink or purple.
Selected species:
- Cordylanthus capitatus - Yakima bird's beak
- Cordylanthus eremicus - desert bird's beak
- Cordylanthus maritimus - saltmarsh bird's beak
- Cordylanthus mollis - soft bird's beak
- Cordylanthus nevinii - Nevin's bird's beak
- Cordylanthus nidularius - Mt. Diablo bird's beak
- Cordylanthus orcuttianus - Orcutt's bird's beak
- Cordylanthus palmatus - palmbract bird's beak
- Cordylanthus parviflorus - purple bird's beak
- Cordylanthus pilosus - hairy bird's beak
- Cordylanthus ramosus - bushy bird's beak
- Cordylanthus rigidus - stiffbranch bird's beak
- Cordylanthus tecopensis - Tecopa bird's beak
- Cordylanthus tenuis - slender bird's beak
- Cordylanthus wrightii - Wright's bird's beak