Cordylanthus parviflorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name purple bird's beak.

It is native to the western United States where it grows in several types of habitat, including the sagebrush steppe of the Great Basin.

It is an annual herb, red-tinted gray-green in color, and hairy, glandular, and sticky in texture.

[2] The inflorescence bears flowers accompanied by hairy, lobed red-green bracts.

The flower is up to 2 centimeters long, made up of a dark-veined pink pouch enveloped in darker sepals.