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Orobanchaceae
Cordylanthus ramosus
Cordylanthus ramosus
Also known as Cordylanthus ramosus subsp. setosus, Adenostegia ramosa, Adenostegia ramosa var. macrocephalus, Cordylanthus ramosus var. puberulus
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cordylanthus · Hemiparasitic · Native Annual · Western Wildflower · Orobanchaceae · Restoration Plant · Specialist · Rare Native · Part Shade · Birds Beak
Branched bird's beak is a hemiparasitic annual native to Western North America that attaches to host plant roots and is very difficult to establish in cultivation. It requires a suitable host grass or forb nearby and well-drained soils in a partly shaded setting. This specialist plant is best suited to restoration projects or experienced native plant growers rather than typical home gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil evenly moist but never saturated · Every 7-10 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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