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

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Tobacco Budworm Moth

Chloridea virescens

Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

Scribbled Sallow

Sympistis perscripta

Ni Moth

Trichoplusia ni