Maurandya antirrhiniflora
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 sometimes been put into a separate genus as Maurandella antirrhiniflora.
| Maurandya antirrhiniflora | |
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| In cultivation in Hawaii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Description
Leaves and crawling habit
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".[3]
References
- "Maurandya antirrhiniflora", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-16
- "Maurandya antirrhiniflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.", Tropicos, retrieved 2014-07-16
- 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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