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Brewer's snapdragon

wiry snapdragon

Habit Annuals.
Stems

10–70(–100) cm, proximally glandular-hairy and, sometimes, eglandular-hairy.

7–170 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous, eglandular-hairy, or glandular-hairy;

branches twining.

Leaves

opposite proximally, alternate distally;

blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–60 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or hairy.

Inflorescences

branches with 1 leaf at each proximal node.

axillary, racemes or flowers solitary.

Pedicels

1–4 mm.

Flowers

calyx adaxial lobe 3.5–5.5 mm;

corolla white to light purple, often with darker veins, 8–15 mm, adaxial lip 2–5.5 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.

Capsules

ovoid, 4–8 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore.

Seeds

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

2n

= 30.

Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri

Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Gravelly lower slopes, disturbed areas, often on serpentine.
Elevation 50–2000 m. (200–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; OR
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[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies breweri and Sairocarpus cornutus both have white to purple corollas and grow in the same general area; S. cornutus has a deeper spur at the base of the corolla and is self-supporting, without twining branches.

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

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. 47.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus > Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus Plantaginaceae > Sairocarpus
Sibling taxa
S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. intermedius, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. vexillocalyculatus
S. cornutus, S. coulterianus, S. kingii, S. multiflorus, S. nuttallianus, S. subcordatus, S. virga, S. watsonii
Subordinate taxa
S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. intermedius, S. vexillocalyculatus subsp. vexillocalyculatus
Synonyms Antirrhinum breweri, A. vagans var. breweri, A. vexillocalyculatum subsp. breweri, S. breweri Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum
Name authority (A. Gray) Barringer: Phytoneuron 2013-34: 2. (2013) (Kellogg) D. A. Sutton: Revis. Antirrhineae, 472. (1988)
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