Flora of North America species comparison

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Antirrhinum majus

common snapdragon, garden snapdragon, greater snapdragon, muflier commun
Stems

terete, 3–8(–15) dm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular proximally, stipitate-glandular distally.
Leaves

blade narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 50–70 × 5–20 mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular proximally.
Inflorescences

stipitate-glandular, sometimes glabrous;

bracts similar to distal leaves.
Pedicels

1–7 mm, stipitate-glandular.
Flowers

sepals 5–10 mm, stipitate-glandular;

corolla palate yellow;

filaments 20–40 mm.
Capsules

7–10 mm wide.
2n

= 16 (Europe).

Antirrhinum majus
Phenology Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Disturbed ground.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CT; DC; IA; IL; LA; MA; MI; MO; NY; OH; OR; PA; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; BC; ON; QC; sw Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia]
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Discussion

Antirrhinum majus is a popular garden plant grown as an annual; it occasionally escapes but is short-lived. Some cultivars have been developed with different growth forms, corolla colors, or open-throated flowers.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 17.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Antirrhinum
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 617. (1753)
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