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Kellogg snapdragon

Neogaerrhinum strictum

Also called Kellogg's Snapdragon, Twining Snapdragon

Kellogg snapdragon
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Kellogg snapdragon is a thin, sprawling annual that can climb nearby plants, grown for its single dark-veined purple snapdragon flowers. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it suits naturalistic or dry, sunny spots.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly while establishing, then let it rely on rain; it is adapted to a dry summer.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Neogaerrhinum strictum, synonyms including Antirrhinum kelloggii and Neogaerrhinum kelloggii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is known by the common name Kellogg's snapdragon.

Where it grows

Neogaerrhinum strictum is native to California and northwestern Mexico.

Other Neogaerrhinum plants

Yellow twining snapdragon · Neogaerrhinum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neogaerrhinum strictum 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.

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