Maurandella

Maurandella antirrhiniflora, known as roving sailor or (along with other similar species) climbing snapdragon, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Maurandella. It is a scrambling or climbing herbaceous perennial subshrub native to Mexico, the southwestern United States (California to Texas), Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it grows in a variety of relatively dry subtropical habitats.[1]

Maurandella
In cultivation in Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Maurandella
(A.Gray) Rothm. (1943)
Species:
M. antirrhiniflora
Binomial name
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm. (1943)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antirrhinum antirrhiniflorum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hitchc. (1893)
  • Antirrhinum maurandioides A.Gray (1868)
  • Asarina antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pennell (1947)
  • Ipomoea nealleyi J.M.Coult. (1890)
  • Maurandella hederifolia Rothm. (1943)
  • Maurandya antirrhiniflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1809)
  • Maurandya antirrhiniflora subsp. hederifolia (Rothm.) Elisens (1985)
  • Maurandya personata Lag. (1816)
  • Usteria antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC. (1813)

Description

It has more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves and tubular flowers in various shades of pink, red or blue to violet with white bases. Unlike species in the genus Maurandya, the flowers have closed "lips".[2]

References
  1. Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
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