Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri |
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
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Brewer's snapdragon |
wiry snapdragon |
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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. |
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Leaves | opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–60 × 1–20 mm, surfaces glabrous or hairy. |
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Inflorescences | branches with 1 leaf at each proximal node. |
axillary, racemes or flowers solitary. |
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Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
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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. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 4–8 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. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus subsp. breweri |
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | |||||||||
Habitat | Gravelly lower slopes, disturbed areas, often on serpentine. | |||||||||
Elevation | 50–2000 m. (200–6600 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR |
CA; OR
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 47. | FNA vol. 17, p. 47. | ||||||||
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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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