Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. leptaleus

(A. Gray) Barringer

Phytoneuron 2013-34: 1. 2013.

Endemic
Basionym: Antirrhinum leptaleum A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 373. 1868
Synonyms: A. cornutum var. leptaleum (A. Gray) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 45.

Leaves: blade oblanceolate. Pedicels 1–2 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes subequal, 3–7 mm; corolla white to pale lavender, veins not contrasting, 7–14 mm, palate angular, glabrous or hairy, often with 2 yellow patches. Seeds: ridges reticulate.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Rocky washes, disturbed areas, foothills.
Elevation: 200–2100 m.

Discussion

Subspecies leptaleus is known from the Sierra Nevada, especially in the foothill region.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
with 1 pore +  and indehiscent +
hairy;glandular-hairy +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(A. Gray) Barringer +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Antirrhinum leptaleum +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (4.3 cm43 mm <br />0.043 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glandular-hairy +, hairy +  and glabrous +
glandular-hairy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
cupulate +, tubular +  and symmetric +
glandular-hairy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
violet-veined +
white +  and pale lavender +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
drupe-like +
200–2100 m. +
curved +  and straight +
glandular-hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 4 +
poricidal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Rocky washes, disturbed areas, foothills. +
alternate +  and opposite +
persistent +  and deciduous +
as-long-as corolla-tube +  and shorter +
ovate;lanceolate +
unequal +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
purple-veined +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
angular +  and rounded +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Phytoneuron +
minute +
black +  and dark-brown +
tuberculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
alternate +  and opposite +
self-supporting +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
glandular-hairy +
filiform +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
punctiform +
glandular-hairy +
A. cornutum var. leptaleum +
Sairocarpus cornutus subsp. leptaleus +
Sairocarpus cornutus +
subspecies +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +