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Neogaerrhinum filipes
Also called Filipes' Snapdragon, Tangled Snapdragon
Yellow twining snapdragon is a small, hairless annual wildflower of desert scrub that climbs by winding its thin stems and tendril-like flower stalks through shrubs. It is grown mainly by enthusiasts and seed collectors rather than in gardens, and it blooms in spring.
Neogaerrhinum filipes, synonym Antirrhinum filipes, is an annual species of North American flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is known by the common name yellow twining snapdragon. This herbaceous plant is native to deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is common.
Neogaerrhinum filipes is native to the sandy deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its flowering period is from March to May. The plants, due to being hidden by low bushes, are hard to spot because its stem is usually covered by the leaves and twigs of other plant species. Locations where the species has been documented include slopes in the Grand Canyon, within the Mohave Desert and within the Sonoran Desert. It can be found at an elevation of up to 1650 meters.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neogaerrhinum filipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
