Orobanchaceae
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum
Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Hemiparasite · Salt Marsh · Coastal Wetland · California Native · Rare · Orobanchaceae · Conservation · Wetland Plant · Endangered · Native
Salt marsh bird's-beak is a rare hemiparasitic annual native to coastal salt marshes of California and northwestern Mexico, and it requires very specific saline, wet soil conditions to survive. It parasitizes the roots of nearby salt marsh plants and is extremely difficult to cultivate outside its native coastal wetland habitat. This plant is not suited for typical home gardens and is primarily of interest to conservation-focused native plant restoration projects.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Maintain consistently moist to wet saline soil conditions · Every 3-5 days or as needed to maintain brackish soil moisture
- 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, Mexico Northwest
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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