Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Roving Sailor, Twining Snapdragon, Snapdragon Vine, Violet Twining Snapdragon (Maurandella antirrhiniflora), Scrophulariaceae Family, Texas native, annual/perennial, blooms March through September

Roving sailor vines are native plants that can be found on limestone hills, slopes, sandy dunes, dry salt marshes and beach areas of the southern Texas coast through the Texas Rio Grande Plains as well as the Texas Trans-Pecos region. In addition, they are native to Arizona, California, New Mexico and and Mexico. They are adaptable to most soils that are well drained and require moderate water. Supplemental irrigation or rain will extend its blooming season and encourage faster growth. The genus is named after Catalina Pancratia Maurandy who was an 18th-century botanist from Cartagena, Spain.

The roving sailor vine is a vine that is not showy from a distance. It is a vine whose fragile beauty needs to be seen close-up. Plant it near a walkway, garden bench or an entryway. Let it climb up a small trellis or dangling from a hanging basket. Don’t be surprised if the common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly shows up because this plant is one of its larval foods.

For more information see its entry in the PlantFiles and read my comments:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1203/live_view/