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Snapdragons
Antirrhinum
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, and North Africa.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Snapdragon Complex
subsectionAntirrhinum
Streptosepalum
subsectionStreptosepalum
Kickxiella
subsectionKickxiella
Antirrhinum × bilbilitanum
hybridAntirrhinum × bilbilitanum
Antirrhinum martenii
speciesAntirrhinum martenii
Antirrhinum × chavannesii
hybridAntirrhinum × chavannesii
Antirrhinum × kretschmeri
hybridAntirrhinum × kretschmeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.613
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.167
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.175
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.753
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.176
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.769
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.684
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1368
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1369
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.89
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1437
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.87
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48970.