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General: Golden Desert-snapdragon (Mohavea breviflora) is an annual forb with long, narrow leaves and large,
cone-shaped flowers that are bright yellow with tiny red spots. The
leaves are hairy.
Golden Desert-snapdragon is a fairly common component of desert vegetation communities during the spring. It can be found in dry, well-drained
sandy and gravelly soils on flats, in and along washes, and on bajadas
in the Lower Sonora (Creosote-Bursage
Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zones.
Family: Figwort (Scrophulariaceae). |
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Plant Form: Upright forb with few if any branches.
Height: To about 8-inches tall.
Stems: Not woody.
Leaves: Alternate, lanceolate, edges smooth, hairy.
Flowers: Blooms during spring. Inflorescence: Flowers solitary in axils. Flowers: Bilateral symmetry, 5 lobes; flower tube to about
1-inch long, yellow with small red spots or lines on the inside. |
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Seeds: Many, small and black.
Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on upper bajadas and moderate slopes in the lower mountains.
Elevation: Sea level to 3,600 feet.
Distribution: Southern California to Utah and Arizona.
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