Orobanchaceae
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. canescens
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. canescens
Also known as Cordylanthus maritimus var. parryi, Cordylanthus maritimus subsp. canescens, Chloropyron parryi, Adenostegia parryi
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Hemiparasite · Alkali Wetland · Salt Marsh · Rare · Orobanchaceae · California Native · Conservation · Wetland · Endangered · Native Plant
The canescent salt marsh bird's-beak is a rare hemiparasitic plant found in alkali and saline wetlands across California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. It depends on host plant roots in its native wetland environment and cannot be grown without appropriate saline soil and suitable host vegetation. This subspecies is a conservation-priority plant and is not suitable for conventional home gardening.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Maintain consistently moist, alkali or saline soil · Every 3-5 days or as needed to maintain moist saline conditions
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–9
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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