1. * Roving Sailor – Maurandella antirrhiniflora
(maw-ran-DEL-luh an-tee-rin-IF-lor-uh )
Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort/Snapdragon Family)
Native to: Southwestern deserts from Texas to S. CA to N. Mexico. Locally in Providence Mtns, San
Bernardino Co.; growing on hillsides, slopes, desert washes and flats, climbing over other shrubs.
half-woody perennial vine
mature length: 6-10 ft.
Semi-evergreen vine with delicate, mostly herbaceous stems that twine among surrounding shrubs.
Leaves are dark-green, arrow-shaped, somewhat ivy-like. Delicate-looking plant.
Growth characteristics:
Bloom season depends on available moisture, from Mar-Sept. Snapdragon flowers
are purple, lilac, blue-purple or rose-red blooms with white or yellow throats appear on slender
stalks. Really showing in an old-fashioned way. Fruit is a capsule with many seeds.
Blooms/fruits:
Uses in the garden: Excellent choice for trellis, lattice or arbor-bench – plant close by so you can
enjoy its delicate beauty. Also nice for mixed hedgerow, climbing through native shrubs, or even as
a groundcover. Good habitat plant (see below) – hummingbirds love it!
Would be pretty in a
hanging basket or container.
Sensible substitute for: Non-native flowering vines.
Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) eats foliage for larval food.
hummingbirds & butterflies. Good habitat choice.
Attracts:
Nectar attracts
Requirements:
Element
Sun
Soil
Water
Fertilizer
Other
Requirement
Full sun to part-shade. Heat-tolerant.
Well-drained; any local pH.
Supplemental water extends bloom season (Zone 1 in wild; 1-2 to 2 in garden)
None.
Tolerates salty soils
In colder climates it dies back in winter. Prune back to train, but may not need it.
Reseeds well – remove seedlings if desired, or let it naturalize.
Management:
Propagation: from seed:
easy, no treatment
by cuttings: ?? usually grown from seed
Plant/seed sources (see list for source numbers): 2, 13
2/18/11
* CA native plant but not native to Western L.A. county
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