Bird’s Beak, Club Flower, Wright’s Bird’s Beak, Cordylanthus wrightii, Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae)

Found in sandy areas, openings
Seen blooming in August and September in Red Wash Canyon
A wiry, bushy plant growing to 18 inches high in colonies of many plants with finely divided, feathery leaves. Both leaves and flowers are covered in fine hairs. The cream to purplish beak-shaped flowers grow in tight clusters, usually pairs, at the tips of the branches. Although the flowers do not seem to open fully there is a tiny gap at the top to allow pollinators in. A decoction of the plant was used for syphilis, menstrual pain, prolapses of the uterus, and by men for leg or body aches; it was also used for ceremonial purposes. Source.

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