Antirrhinum orontium

Syrian snapdragon

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Syrian snapdragon is a naturalized annual herb found in southern Sacramento Valley and central coastal California (Monterey County) in open, disturbed areas at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces pink flowers approximately 10 to 15 millimeters long in raceme-like clusters with hairy bracts. Growing with erect, self-supporting stems that are generally glabrous toward the base, it develops a distinctive branching structure. Its leaves are generally unequal, with lower calyx lobes matching or exceeding the corolla tube length. Seeds are characterized by one side being flattened with a raised, rough, and irregular border.

Habitat: Open, disturbed areas

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: s ScV, c CCo (Monterey Co.)

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Lake

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