Chloropyron palmatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Chloropyron |
Species: | C. palmatum
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Binomial name | |
Chloropyron palmatum (Ferris) Tank & J.M.Egger
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Chloropyron palmatum (formerly Cordylanthus palmatus) is an endangered species of salt-tolerant, flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is a low, highly branched herbaceous annual with each flower enclosed by a single, characteristically palmate bract. It is known by the common names of palmate salty bird's-beak[1][3] and palmate-bract bird's-beak.[1]