Maurandya antirrhiniflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Scrophulariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Very slender, climbing or trailing, sometimes to a length of 3 m. or more, glabrous throughout. Leaves triangular-hastate, acute, 1-2.5 cm. long, slender- petioled; peduncles very slender, mostly longer than the petioles; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly as long as the corolla-tube; corolla purple, 1.5 cm. long, its limb much shorter than its tube; capsule depressed-globose, about 1 em. in diameter.
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Distribution
Roadsides, walls and thickets, New Providence : southwestern United States and Mexico ; naturalized in Florida, Bermuda and in Jamaica. Roving Sailor.
New Providence Bahamas South America| México Mexico North America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Jamaica South America|