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Leaves

blade oblanceolate.

Pedicels

1–2 mm.

Flowers

calyx lobes subequal, 3–7 mm;

corolla white to pale lavender, veins not contrasting, 7–14 mm, palate angular, glabrous or hairy, often with 2 yellow patches.

Seeds

ridges reticulate.

Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. leptaleus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Rocky washes, disturbed areas, foothills.
Elevation 200–2100 m. (700–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies leptaleus is known from the Sierra Nevada, especially in the foothill region.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 45.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus > Sairocarpus cornutus
Sibling taxa
S. cornutus subsp. cornutus
Synonyms Antirrhinum leptaleum, A. cornutum var. leptaleum
Name authority (A. Gray) Barringer: Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1. (2013)
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