Antirrhinum nuttallianum subsp. nuttallianum

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Nuttall's snapdragon is a California native annual found in southern California coastal areas, San Bernardino Mountains, and Peninsular Ranges in rocky areas and burn sites at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces snapdragon-like flowers with a distinctive white blotch on the lower corolla lip. Growing 6 to 200 centimeters tall with very dense, fine hairs covering its stems and branches, it displays opposite leaves primarily on the lower nodes of the main stem. Its leaves are relatively small, less than 60 millimeters long, with petioles shorter than 25 millimeters. The fruit is 3.5 to 8 millimeters long, with 9 to 10 distinct longitudinal ridges.

Habitat: Rocky areas, generally inland areas, especially burns

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: s SCo, SnBr, PR

California counties: San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles

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