Sairocarpus multiflorus

D. A. Sutton

Revis. Antirrhineae, 467. 1988.

Common names: Sierra snapdragon
Endemic
Basionym: Antirrhinum multiflorum Pennell in L. Abrams and R. S. Ferris Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 789. 1951
Synonyms: A. thompsonii D. J. Keil
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 46. Mentioned on page 44.

Annuals or perennials. Stems 10–150 cm, self-supporting, glandular-hairy, viscid; branches not twining. Leaves subopposite proximally, alternate distally; blade linear to lanceolate, 10–65 × 2–10 mm, surfaces glandular-hairy. Inflorescences terminal, racemes. Pedicels 2–4 (–10) mm. Flowers chasmogamous; calyx lobes unequal, densely glandular-hairy, adaxial lobe 5–13.5 × 2.5–5.5 mm; corolla pale-pink to red with tan-brown withered area on abaxial lip, 13–18 mm, base gibbous, mouth 3.5–5 mm diam., palate white, not veined, rounded, 5–8.5 mm diam., puberulent. Capsules ovoid, 7–10 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore. Seeds black, 1 mm, ridged, reticulate. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat: Rocky, disturbed, or burned areas.
Elevation: 10–2200 m.

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Sairocarpus multiflorus"
hairy;glandular-hairy +
2.5mm +  and 5.5mm +
Kerry A. Barringer +
D. A. Sutton +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
gibbous +
Antirrhinum multiflorum +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular-hairy +, hairy +  and glabrous +
glandular-hairy +
cupulate +, tubular +  and symmetric +
glandular-hairy +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Sierra snapdragon +
personate +  and bilabiate +
pale-pink +  and red +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
drupe-like +
10–2200 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, disturbed, or burned areas. +
axillary +  and terminal +
alternate +  and subopposite +
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 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Apr–Aug. +
Revis. Antirrhineae, +
minute +
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 /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
punctiform +
glandular-hairy +
A. thompsonii +
Sairocarpus multiflorus +
Sairocarpus +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +