Biology:Sairocarpus virga

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Sairocarpus virga
Sairocarpus virga.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Sairocarpus
Species:
S. virga
Binomial name
Sairocarpus virga
(A.Gray) D.A.Sutton
Synonyms[1]

Antirrhinum virga A.Gray

Sairocarpus virga (syn. Antirrhinum virga) is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name tall snapdragon.

It is endemic to the North Coast Ranges of northern California , where it grows in rocky chaparral, sometimes on serpentine soils. This is a hairless perennial herb producing erect, non-climbing stems from a woody caudex. The inflorescence is a raceme atop the stem filled loosely with pink snapdragon flowers. Each flower is between one and two centimeters long.

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