Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus
wiry snapdragon
7–170 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous, eglandular-hairy, or glandular-hairy;
branches twining.
opposite proximally, alternate distally;
blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–60 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or hairy.
axillary, racemes or flowers solitary.
1–4 mm.
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.
ovoid, 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore.
dark brown to black, 0.7–1.5 mm, tuberculate, reticulate-ridged.
= 30.
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus
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.)
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 |
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