Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Antirrhinum virga (syn. Sairocarpus virga) is a species of New World snapdragon known by the common name tall snapdragon. It is endemic to the North Coast Ranges of northern California, where it grows in rocky chaparral, sometimes on serpentine soils. This is a hairless perennial herb producing erect, non-climbing stems from a woody caudex. The inflorescence is a raceme atop the stem filled loosely with pink snapdragon flowers. Each flower is between one and two centimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

1 - 7 ft Tall

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Color

Pink

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 15 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Anthidium maculosum

Anthidium utahense

California Digger Bee

Anthophora californica

Urban Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana