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Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Botanic Family

Plantaginaceae

Author

Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow

Common Names

• Violet Twining Snapdragon
• Roving Sailor
• Blue Snapdragon Vine

Geographical Habitats

• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• S. Mexico
• Arizona
• California
• Florida
• Maryland
• Nevada
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Utah - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Dry scrub
• shrubland
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Mar-Oct Summer-Autumn All year (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Perennial twining glabrous vine with coiling petioles. 3-lobed glabrous leaves, lobes to 30mm long. Axillary 45mm purple to violet or red flowers with yellow throats, sometimes spotted or streaked yellow, white or violet, glabrous sepals to 16mm, glabrous corolla 20mm long. Fruit a glabrous capsule to 10mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• net
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Exotica
• USNH