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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