Yakima Bird's Beak
Cordylanthus capitatus
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Yakima Bird's Beak is an annual that flowers from July to early September. The unusual flowers are purple. It is likely to be found in dry, gravelly soil derived from volcanic rocks, within a few feet of sagebrush.
Yakima Bird’s Beak is endemic to its range, an area stretching from central Washington to the western edge of Montana, to the Warner Mountains of north-eastern California. It lives in open upland slopes and flats, within lower montane yellow pine forests and Great Basin juniper scrub, in dry, gravelly basaltic soil. It is usually associated with sagebrush, being a hemiparasite of that plant. Its elevational range is from 4,575 to 7,625 feet sea level.
This annual is best planted in the autumn near Artemisia sp. If planted in the right area it will readily self-seed once established. Stored seed germinates best when placed in a cooler (averaging 38 degrees F) where it is exposed to cool/moist stratification for 90 days. It may be started in seed trays and planted out in spring after last expected frost.
Cordylanthus capitatus
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Yakima Bird's Beak is an annual that flowers from July to early September. The unusual flowers are purple. It is likely to be found in dry, gravelly soil derived from volcanic rocks, within a few feet of sagebrush.
Yakima Bird’s Beak is endemic to its range, an area stretching from central Washington to the western edge of Montana, to the Warner Mountains of north-eastern California. It lives in open upland slopes and flats, within lower montane yellow pine forests and Great Basin juniper scrub, in dry, gravelly basaltic soil. It is usually associated with sagebrush, being a hemiparasite of that plant. Its elevational range is from 4,575 to 7,625 feet sea level.
This annual is best planted in the autumn near Artemisia sp. If planted in the right area it will readily self-seed once established. Stored seed germinates best when placed in a cooler (averaging 38 degrees F) where it is exposed to cool/moist stratification for 90 days. It may be started in seed trays and planted out in spring after last expected frost.
Cordylanthus capitatus
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Yakima Bird's Beak is an annual that flowers from July to early September. The unusual flowers are purple. It is likely to be found in dry, gravelly soil derived from volcanic rocks, within a few feet of sagebrush.
Yakima Bird’s Beak is endemic to its range, an area stretching from central Washington to the western edge of Montana, to the Warner Mountains of north-eastern California. It lives in open upland slopes and flats, within lower montane yellow pine forests and Great Basin juniper scrub, in dry, gravelly basaltic soil. It is usually associated with sagebrush, being a hemiparasite of that plant. Its elevational range is from 4,575 to 7,625 feet sea level.
This annual is best planted in the autumn near Artemisia sp. If planted in the right area it will readily self-seed once established. Stored seed germinates best when placed in a cooler (averaging 38 degrees F) where it is exposed to cool/moist stratification for 90 days. It may be started in seed trays and planted out in spring after last expected frost.