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Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Maurandya antirrhinum (Snapdragon vine)

Coffee Pot Mountain

 

 Maurandya antirrhinum

Habitat: washes
Life Form: non-woody vine
Leaf Description: alternate simple leaves
Flower Color: indigo
Flowering Period: Apr. to Oct.
Spines: spineless
Family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
Abundance: rare

 


References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 767

"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
    plate 667
    page 228

"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
    page 190
    page 192

"Deserts: The Audubon Society Nature Guides", MacMahon, James A. 1985. Knopf, Chanticleer Press, NY
    plate 74
    page 372

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