What is antirrhinum?
Antirrhinum is a genus flowering plants commonly known as Snapdragon. It is a popular garden plant that is available in different colors and sizes. antirrhinum acquires its common name from the shape of its flowers, which is assumed to resemble the face of the dragon, with the mouth that opens and closes when the hips are squeezed. It is available in many different cultivars, including plants with white, yellow, orange, pink and lavender flowers. Unlike the typical shape of Snapdragon, there are also cultivars with pelorway flowers that are fully symmetrical. In the wild, a. Majus has purple to pink flowers, often with yellow lip.
Although a permanent plant, a. Majus is often sold as an annual, especially in colder climate, in which it is unlikely to survive winter. Common Snapdragonpo is from the Mediterranean, but often escapes cultivation and is naturalized in many mild climate. The plant is pollinated with bees and closes its kvtetters above the insects and deposits on them. a. Cyathiferum , also called dog mouth or deep canyon Snapdragon, comes from the desert in California, Arizona and Northern Mexico. Its flowers are dark purple and white, sometimes yellow in the throat.
Antirrhinum cortum or the inventive Snapdragon, has a similar look as a. Cyathiferum , but has hairy flowers. It grows only in northern California. a. Vexillo-Calyculatum , also called Wiry Snapdragon or Sailflower Snapdragon, is mostly limited to northern California, but sometimes grows in Oregon like Mell. Its flowers are lavender, sometimes with darker purple stripes.
a. Multiflorum or Sierra Snapdragon and a. Virga or High Snapdragon, both grow only in California. Sierra Snapdragon has pink flowers. High Snapdragon often grows in recently burned areas and its flowers are pinkto red.
and. Both species often grow in hills and mountains that have recently suffered from fire, and both are plants similar to vines that use other plants in the area as support. Coulter Snapdragon has white flowers colored pink or purple, while the flowers of Kellogg's Snapdragon are dark purple.
a. Nuttallianum , also called Nuttall's Snapdragon or Violet Snapdragon, also grows in South California and Baja in California. It has light purple flowers with white spots and is not treated on other plants as well as other species. A. Philips or Yellow Twining Snapdragon is a yellow -brown Snapdragon growing throughout the southwestern United States and North Mexico.