Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
Sairocarpus kingii |
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wiry snapdragon |
King's snapdragon, least snapdragon, least toad's-mouth |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals. | ||||||||
Stems | 7–170 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous, eglandular-hairy, or glandular-hairy; branches twining. |
3–45 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous; branches twining. |
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Leaves | opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–60 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or hairy. |
opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade elliptic to linear, 5–35 × 1–7 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, racemes or flowers solitary. |
axillary, flowers solitary. |
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Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
1–12 mm. |
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Flowers | 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. |
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. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore. |
ovoid to globular, 3–4.5 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore. |
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Seeds | dark brown to black, 0.7–1.5 mm, tuberculate, reticulate-ridged. |
black, 1 mm, reticulate, ridged, or tuberculate. |
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2n | = 30. |
= 30. |
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Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
Sairocarpus kingii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | |||||||||
Habitat | Washes, scree, rocky slopes. | |||||||||
Elevation | 500–2300 m. (1600–7500 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 47. | FNA vol. 17, p. 46. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus | Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum | Antirrhinum kingii | ||||||||
Name authority | (Kellogg) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 472. (1988) | (S. Watson) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 470. (1988) | ||||||||
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