Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. cornutus |
Sairocarpus cornutus |
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spur snapdragon |
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Habit | Annuals. | |||||
Stems | 10–60 cm, self-supporting, glandular-hairy; branches not twining. |
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Leaves | blade linear to oblanceolate. |
opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade linear to oblanceolate, 7–43 × 3–6(–10) mm, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, flowers solitary. |
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Pedicels | 1–2(–4) mm. |
1–4 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx lobes equal, 4–5.5 mm; corolla white, veins violet, 9–11 mm, palate rounded, hairy. |
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. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 5–7 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule indehiscent or with 1 pore. |
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Seeds | ridges not reticulate. |
black to dark brown, 1 mm, tuberculate and longitudinally ridged. |
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2n | = 32. |
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Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. cornutus |
Sairocarpus cornutus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Dry stream margins, disturbed areas, often on serpentine. | |||||
Elevation | 50–1200 m. (200–3900 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA |
CA
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Discussion | Subspecies cornutus is known from the Inner North Coast Ranges, the western Cascade Ranges, and the northern Sacramento Valley. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 45. | FNA vol. 17, p. 45. | ||||
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Synonyms | Antirrhinum cornutum | |||||
Name authority | unknown | (Bentham) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 468. (1988) | ||||
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