Sairocarpus cornutus
spur snapdragon
10–60 cm, self-supporting, glandular-hairy;
branches not twining.
opposite proximally, alternate distally;
blade linear to oblanceolate, 7–43 × 3–6(–10) mm, surfaces glandular-hairy.
axillary, flowers solitary.
1–4 mm.
chasmogamous;
calyx lobes equal or subequal, glandular-hairy, hairs long, eglandular, adaxial lobe 3–7 × 1 mm;
corolla white to pale lavender, often violet-veined, 9–14 mm, base spurred, mouth 2–3 mm diam., palate sometimes purple-veined, rounded or angular, 3.5–6.5 mm diam., glabrous or hairy.
ovoid, 5–7 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule indehiscent or with 1 pore.
black to dark brown, 1 mm, tuberculate and longitudinally ridged.
= 32.
Sairocarpus cornutus
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Corolla veins violet, palates rounded, hairy, without yellow patches. | subsp. cornutus |
1. Corolla veins not contrasting, palates angular, glabrous or hairy, often with 2 yellow patches. | subsp. leptaleus |
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