Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Cordylanthus eremicus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name desert bird's beak. It is endemic to California, where it is known from dry mountainous habitat in the San Bernardino Mountains, the mountains of the Mojave Desert region, and the Kern Plateau in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Plant type

Annual herb

Plant communities

Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Leanira Checkerspot

Chlosyne leanira