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King's snapdragon, least snapdragon, least toad's-mouth

wiry snapdragon

Habit Annuals. Annuals.
Stems

3–45 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous;

branches twining.

7–170 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous, eglandular-hairy, or glandular-hairy;

branches twining.

Leaves

opposite proximally, alternate distally;

blade elliptic to linear, 5–35 × 1–7 mm, surfaces glabrous.

opposite proximally, alternate distally;

blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–60 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or hairy.

Inflorescences

axillary, flowers solitary.

axillary, racemes or flowers solitary.

Pedicels

1–12 mm.

1–4 mm.

Flowers

chasmogamous and cleistogamous;

calyx lobes unequal, glandular-hairy, adaxial lobe 4–5.5 × 1.5–2 mm;

corolla white, purple-veined, 5.5–7 mm, base gibbous, mouth 3–3.5 mm diam., palate purple-veined, angular, 2.5–3 mm diam., minutely papillate.

cleistogamous and chasmogamous;

calyx lobes unequal, glandular-hairy, adaxial lobe 3.5–14 × 1–9 mm;

corolla light purple to white, often dark-veined, 8–17 mm, base gibbous, mouth 2–4 mm diam., palate sometimes purple-veined, convex, 3.5–8 mm diam., puberulent.

Capsules

ovoid to globular, 3–4.5 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore.

ovoid, 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore.

Seeds

black, 1 mm, reticulate, ridged, or tuberculate.

dark brown to black, 0.7–1.5 mm, tuberculate, reticulate-ridged.

2n

= 30.

= 30.

Sairocarpus kingii

Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Washes, scree, rocky slopes.
Elevation 500–2300 m. (1600–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).

Subspecies breweri and vexillocalyculatus intergrade where their distributions overlap in the coastal ranges of California. Subspecies intermedius is disjunct in the Sierra Nevada.

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

Key
1. Stems proximally glabrous or eglandular-hairy; corollas 11–17 mm, adaxial lips 7–17 mm.
subsp. vexillocalyculatus
1. Stems proximally glandular-hairy and, sometimes, eglandular-hairy; corollas 8–15 mm, adaxial lips 2–5.5 mm.
→ 2
2. Inflorescence branches with 1 leaf at each proximal node.
subsp. breweri
2. Inflorescence branches with 2 leaves at each proximal node.
subsp. intermedius
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 46. FNA vol. 17, p. 47.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus
Sibling taxa
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. vexillocalyculatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. kingii, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
Subordinate taxa
S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. intermedius, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. vexillocalyculatus
Synonyms Antirrhinum kingii Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum
Name authority (S. Watson) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 470. (1988) (Kellogg) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 472. (1988)
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