Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Photo taken at Box Canyon in the Mineral Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona.
This flower was open on Aug. 3, 2008 in Rackensack Canyon, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
FLOWERS: Bright pink to bluish snapdragon flowers.
PERENNIAL HERB: Grows as a vine climbing through woody shrubs or as in
the case at left hanging from a cliff face garden.
LEAVES: Arrow shaped leaves are rather dark green in color.
STEMS: Weakly twinning stems up to a meter
long.
FRUIT: Nearly sphericle capsule with many seeds.
RANGE: Uncommon in the Sonoran Desert: restricted to canyons here and
there where there is adequate water and some partial shade. This plant is also
under cultivation with a number of variously colored cultivars available.
This is one of the host plants utilized by the caterpillar of the Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia).