Antirrhinum kelloggii

Climbing snapdragon

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Climbing snapdragon is a California native annual found in southern North Coast Ranges, central western, and southwestern California in disturbed areas, especially burn sites, at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces lavender to deep blue-purple flowers with darker veins, approximately 10 to 14 millimeters long. Growing with ascending to vine-like stems 7 to 80 centimeters tall that cling to other plants or debris, it has a distinctive ability to twine and hook onto surrounding vegetation. Its leaves range from linear to ovate, 10 to 58 millimeters long, with minimal petioles or sessile at the upper stems. The fruit is a small ovoid to spheric capsule 5 to 7 millimeters long that splits open at the tip, releasing tiny black seeds with scattered block-like tubercles.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially burns

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: s NCoRO, CW, SW

California counties: San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Diego, Riverside, Napa, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Orange, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Contra Costa, Marin, Kern, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Benito, Mariposa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.