Maurandya antirrhiniflora
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In cultivation in Hawaii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Maurandya
Species:
M. antirrhiniflora
Binomial name
Maurandya antirrhiniflora
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asarina antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pennell
  • Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm.

Maurandya antirrhiniflora, known as roving sailor or (along with other similar species) climbing snapdragon, is a scrambling or climbing herbaceous perennial native to Mexico and the south western United States (California to Texas) where it grows in a variety of relatively dry habitats. It has more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves and tubular flowers in various shades of pink, red or blue to violet with white bases. Unlike other species in the genus Maurandya, the flowers have closed "lips"; it has sometimes been put into a separate genus as Maurandella antirrhiniflora.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Maurandya antirrhiniflora", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-16
  2. ^ "Maurandya antirrhiniflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.", Tropicos, retrieved 2014-07-16
  3. ^ Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602


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