''Sairocarpus nuttallianus'', commonly known as Nuttall's snapdragon or violet snapdragon, is a species of New World
snapdragon
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They ...
.
It is native to southern
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
and
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
, where it can be found from the immediate coastline to the inland coastal ranges.
Description
''Sairocarpus nuttallianus'' is an annual or biennial herb producing an erect, vinelike stem which sometimes clings to objects for support, but does not twine as tightly as many other snapdragons. Stems, leaves, and floral calyx are all glandular hairy.
The flowers are veined light purple with white patches and around a centimeter long. Each is borne on a short
pedicel
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Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
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See also
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California chaparral and woodlands
The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of southwestern Oregon, northern, central, and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico), located on the west coast of North America. It is a ...
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Flora of the California chaparral and woodlands
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
Flora of California
Flora of Baja California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Plantaginaceae
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