Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Maurandya antirrhiniflora Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow
(Little Snapdragon Vine, Roving Sailor)

Family: Plantaginaceae, formerly Scrophulariaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Antirrhinum antirrhiniflora (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Hitchcock
Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Rothmaler

Maurandya antirrhiniflora is a viney, prostrate herb with glabrous, small triangular leaves. The flowers are light purple with white anthers and markings on the corolla. Maurandya antirrhiniflora is found on dry hillsides at lower to middle elevations.
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Maurandya antirrhiniflora, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Wild Horse Canyon, Oct. 17, 2004



Maurandya antirrhiniflora, fruiting calyx not strongly reticulate, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, Oct. 29, 2008


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