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Nuttall's snapdragon, violet snapdragon

Habit Annuals, rarely biennials.
Stems

6–200 cm, not self-supporting, glandular-hairy;

branches twining.

Leaves

opposite proximally, alternate distally;

blade ovate, 2–60 × 1–50 mm, surfaces glandular-hairy.

Inflorescences

axillary, flowers solitary.

Pedicels

2–20(–25) mm.

Flowers

cleistogamous and chasmogamous;

calyx lobes equal, glandular-hairy, adaxial lobe 3–6 × 1–3.5 mm;

corolla pale purple to purple, sometimes dark-veined, 7–12 mm, base slightly gibbous, mouth 2.5–3.5 mm diam., palate white, purple-veined, rounded, 2.5–6 mm diam., puberulent.

Capsules

ovoid, 3–11 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore.

Seeds

brown, 0.5–1 mm, ridged longitudinally.

2n

= 32.

Sairocarpus nuttallianus

Phenology Flowering Mar–Aug.
Habitat Stabilized coastal dunes, rocky or disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–1300 m. (0–4300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
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Discussion

Plants of Sairocarpus nuttallianus are unique in having gold-colored hairs in the mouth of the corolla. D. M. Thompson (1988) recognized two intergrading subspecies based on degree of hairiness and slight differences in seed sculpturing, but the differences are minor and inconsistent.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 46.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus
Sibling taxa
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. kingii, S. multiflorus, S. subcordatus, S. vexillocalyculatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
Synonyms Antirrhinum nuttallianum, A. nuttallianum subsp. subsessile, A. nuttallianum var. subsessile, A. pusillum, A. subsessile, S. pusillus
Name authority (Bentham ex A. de Candolle) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 464. (1988)
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