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spur snapdragon

Habit Annuals.
Stems

10–60 cm, self-supporting, glandular-hairy;

branches not twining.

Leaves

blade oblanceolate.

opposite proximally, alternate distally;

blade linear to oblanceolate, 7–43 × 3–6(–10) mm, surfaces glandular-hairy.

Inflorescences

axillary, flowers solitary.

Pedicels

1–2 mm.

1–4 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.

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.

Capsules

ovoid, 5–7 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule indehiscent or with 1 pore.

Seeds

ridges reticulate.

black to dark brown, 1 mm, tuberculate and longitudinally ridged.

2n

= 32.

Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. leptaleus

Sairocarpus cornutus

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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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.)

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
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
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 45. FNA vol. 17, p. 45.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus > Sairocarpus cornutus Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus
Sibling taxa
S. cornutus subsp. cornutus
S. coulterianus, S. kingii, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. vexillocalyculatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
Subordinate taxa
S. cornutus subsp. cornutus, S. cornutus subsp. leptaleus
Synonyms Antirrhinum leptaleum, A. cornutum var. leptaleum Antirrhinum cornutum
Name authority (A. Gray) Barringer: Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1. (2013) (Bentham) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 468. (1988)
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