Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
Sairocarpus nuttallianus |
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wiry snapdragon |
Nuttall's snapdragon, violet snapdragon |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals, rarely biennials. | ||||||||
Stems | 7–170 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous, eglandular-hairy, or glandular-hairy; branches twining. |
6–200 cm, not self-supporting, glandular-hairy; 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 ovate, 2–60 × 1–50 mm, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, racemes or flowers solitary. |
axillary, flowers solitary. |
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Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
2–20(–25) 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. |
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. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore. |
ovoid, 3–11 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. |
brown, 0.5–1 mm, ridged longitudinally. |
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2n | = 30. |
= 32. |
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Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
Sairocarpus nuttallianus |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Stabilized coastal dunes, rocky or disturbed areas. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1300 m. (0–4300 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
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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.) |
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.) |
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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 nuttallianum, A. nuttallianum subsp. subsessile, A. nuttallianum var. subsessile, A. pusillum, A. subsessile, S. pusillus | ||||||||
Name authority | (Kellogg) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 472. (1988) | (Bentham ex A. de Candolle) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 464. (1988) | ||||||||
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