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 Flowers Liz Makings @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Leaves Desert Botanical Gardens Herbarium Collection, Usage rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial(CC BY-NC) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or annual
General Desc:
Stems erect, simple or sparingly to sometimes diffusely branched, scrambling through adjacent plants with nearly horizontal, lateral branches; glandular-hairy throughout; flowers on vertical elongated stems, snapdragon-like, bluish-purple.
Identification notes: Plants sparingly branched, hairy, glandular; leaves opposite and rounded, reduced to bract-like in flower stalks; flowers variable in size, snapdragon-like, bluish-purple, yellow at opening; fruits capsules.
Height:
To 12 inches, can be more
Habitat Description: Canyons, rocky areas, disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Semidesert Grasslands, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 4000 feet
Color:
Bluish-purple
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - May
Description:
Flowers on elongated stalks, 2-lipped, white blotches, sometimes darker purple veins, yellow hairs at opening (throat). Swollen at base, upper and lower lips erect, yellow hairs in throat, stamens in pairs; styles same length as stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves <1 inch wide, to 1-1/2 inches long, reduced to rounded bracts in flower stalks; stems and leaves glandular-hairy. Flower stems can be vine-like.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Fruit rounded; chambers unequal, splits open at 3 pores at tip, 1 in upper chamber, 2 in lower.
Seed Notes: Seeds very small, egg-shaped, brown.
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