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wiry snapdragon

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

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.

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.

Inflorescences

axillary, racemes or flowers solitary.

axillary, flowers solitary.

Pedicels

1–4 mm.

1–12 mm.

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.

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.

Seeds

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

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

2n

= 30.

= 30.

Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus

Sairocarpus kingii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Washes, scree, rocky slopes.
Elevation 500–2300 m. (1600–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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.)

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. 47. FNA vol. 17, p. 46.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus
Sibling taxa
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. kingii, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. vexillocalyculatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
Subordinate taxa
S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. intermedius, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. vexillocalyculatus
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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