Cordylanthus nevinii

Nevin's bird's beak

Family: Orobanchaceae · Type: annual · Native

Nevin's bird's beak is a California native annual found in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges in dry, open Jeffrey-pine and oak forests at elevations of 1,400 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces white flowers with yellow tips and purple-veined pouches, typically one or two in loose clusters. Growing 20 to 80 centimeters tall with a distinctive gray-green appearance tinged with red-purple, it has densely glandular stems covered in soft, long hairs. Its leaves are narrow and linear, ranging from 5 to 30 millimeters long with occasional small lobes. The plant's cream-colored outer bracts are three-lobed with wider tips, adding to its delicate and intricate botanical structure.

Habitat: Dry, open Jeffrey-pine/oak forest

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: 1400-2600 m

Bioregions: s SNH (Piute Mtns), TR, PR

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Kern, San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.