snapdragons

genus Sairocarpus

Member of plantain family (family Plantaginaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

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sierra snapdragon
Sairocarpus multiflorus

• lowest flowers not subtended by branchlets
• lower calyx lobes < to ≪ corolla tube
• corolla 7–18 mm

twining snapdragon
Neogaerrhinum strictum

• pedicels 3–9 cm, thread-like, twining or hooked
• all others are < 2.5 cm, not twining or hooked

The remainder are quite rare in the bay area.

weasel’s-snout
Misopates orontium

• lowest flowers not subtended by branchlets

snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus

• lowest flowers not subtended by branchlets

spurred snapdragon
Sairocarpus cornutus

• lowest flowers not subtended by branchlets

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1 observed taxon / 5 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 2 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Almaden Quicksilver CP
• Santa Teresa CP

Months:

• May: 1
• Jun.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora