Pronunciation: dy-kran-oh-STEE-jee-a or-kut-ee-AY-
na
Common name: Orcutt's bird's beak
Family: Orobanchaceae (Broom-rape)
Habitat: Coastal scrub to 1000', sw San Diego
Co., Otay Mesa, RARE in California, threatened
by development
Blooming period: March-May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Dicranostegia
2) orcuttiana
Formerly Cordylanthus orcuttianus