Antirrhinum leptaleum

Spurred snapdragon

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Spurred snapdragon is a California native annual found in the Sierra Nevada, particularly in the Sierra Nevada Forests, inhabiting small washes and disturbed areas at elevations of 200 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to pale lavender flowers with delicate veins, approximately 7 to 14 millimeters long. Growing with erect, self-supporting stems 8 to 60 centimeters tall and covered in glandular hairs, it develops distinctive oblanceolate to ovate leaves 7 to 40 millimeters long with obtuse or truncate tips. Its leaves maintain a consistent size throughout the stem, creating a uniform appearance with subtle glandular hairiness. The fruit is 5 to 8 millimeters long, uniquely dehiscent by two pores at the tip of its lower chamber.

Habitat: Uncommon. Small washes, disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 200-2100 m

Bioregions: SN (esp SNF).

California counties: Butte, Placer, Mariposa, Fresno, Madera, Tulare, El Dorado, Calaveras, Nevada, Kern

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