Sairocarpus kingii

(S. Watson) D. A. Sutton

Revis. Antirrhineae, 470. 1988.

Common names: Least snapdragon
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Antirrhinum kingii S. Watson Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 215, plate 21, figs. 1–4. 1871
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 46. Mentioned on page 43, 44, 48.

Annuals. Stems 3–45 cm, not self-supporting, glabrous; branches twining. Leaves opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade elliptic to linear, 5–35 × 1–7 mm, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary. Pedicels 1–12 mm. Flowers chasmogamous and cleistogamous; calyx lobes unequal, glandular-hairy, adaxial lobe 4–5.5 × 1.5–2 mm; corolla white, purple-veined, 5.5–7 mm, base gibbous, mouth 3–3.5 mm diam., palate purple-veined, angular, 2.5–3 mm diam., minutely papillate. Capsules ovoid to globular, 3–4.5 mm, glandular-hairy, abaxial locule with 1 pore. Seeds black, 1 mm, reticulate, ridged, or tuberculate. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Washes, scree, rocky slopes.
Elevation: 500–2300 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Utah.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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hairy;glandular-hairy +
1.5mm +  and 2mm +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(S. Watson) D. A. Sutton +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
gibbous +
Antirrhinum kingii +
elliptic;linear +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
linear;oblanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glandular-hairy +, hairy +  and glabrous +
glandular-hairy +
cupulate +, tubular +  and symmetric +
glandular-hairy +
ovoid +  and globular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Least snapdragon +
purple-veined +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Utah. +
drupe-like +
500–2300 m. +
curved +  and straight +
glandular-hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 4 +
cleistogamous +  and chasmogamous +
poricidal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Washes, scree, rocky slopes. +
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 +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
papillate +
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 /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
Revis. Antirrhineae, +
minute +
tuberculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
alternate +  and opposite +
not self-supporting +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
filiform +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
punctiform +
Sairocarpus kingii +
Sairocarpus +
species +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +