Antirrhinum majus L.

Garden snapdragon (en), Muflier à grandes fleurs (fr), Gueule-de-lion (fr), Muflier élevé (fr), Grand muflier (fr), Gueule-de-loup (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Antirrhinum

Characteristics

Short-lived perennial; stems to c. 60 cm tall, becoming woody at base, simple or branched. Lvs shortly petiolate. Lamina 20-50 × 3-15 mm, usually linear to lanceolate, occasionally broader, glabrous; base narrowly cuneate. Fls in long, terminal, densely glandular-hairy, rather compact racemes; peduncle long, often = flowering part. Bracts 5-9 mm long, ovate. Calyx 5-8 mm long, deeply lobed, glandular-hairy; lobes elliptic to suborbicular or broad-ovate, equal. Corolla 30-40 mm long to apex of erect upper lip, usually purple or rose, sometimes yellow, whitish or bicoloured, glandular-hairy outside; tube 3-4× calyx, c. 1 cm wide; lobes large and rounded, with recurved margins, the middle lobe of lower lip not concealed; upper lip emarginate. Capsule (8)-12-15 mm long, ovoid or ovoid-oblong, densely glandular-hairy. Seeds c. 1 mm long, oblong, dark, strongly rugose with irregular ridges.
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Perennial, blooming the first year, 4–8 dm, glandular-hairy above; lvs lanceolate, to 15 mm wide; fls in terminal racemes; cor variously colored, 2.5–4 cm; cal-lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, 3–5 mm; fr glandular, 1.5 cm; 2n=16, 32. Native of the Mediterranean region, occasionally escaped from cult. in our range. Summer.
An annual plant. It grows 1 m high and spreads 50 cm wide. The stem can be erect or lie over. The leaves are green, soft and sword shaped. The flowers can be red, orange, yellow or white. The are tube shaped and have 2 lips.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in temperate and tropical places. It is best in well-drained soil. It needs an open sunny position. It is resistant to drought and frost. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 500 m above sea level.
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Old walls, rocks and dry places.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-9
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The flowers are eaten more as a garnish than food.
Uses dye environmental use fiber gene source medicinal ornamental
Edible flowers seeds
Therapeutic use Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Hypnotics and sedatives (leaf), Hypotension (leaf), Neoplasms (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Astringent (unspecified), Detergent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 11 - 13
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Antirrhinum majus habit picture by Jeff B (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus habit picture by Philippe Bissières (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus habit picture by Émile Maurice (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Antirrhinum majus leaf picture by Remmers Daniel (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus leaf picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus leaf picture by Gilles Istin (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Antirrhinum majus flower picture by nj nj (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus flower picture by Nicolas Roux (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus flower picture by nicolas latil (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Antirrhinum majus fruit picture by Patrick Nard (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus fruit picture by Denis Bastianelli (cc-by-sa)
Antirrhinum majus fruit picture by Ricardo Lemaur (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Antirrhinum majus world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bhutan, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Spain, Fiji, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mexico, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:799180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000539365
COL ID F2W4
BDTFX ID 5474
INPN ID 83058
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Antirrhinum majus Orontium majus Antirrhinum murale Antirrhinum grandiflorum Antirrhinum vulgare Antirrhinum hendersonii Antirrhinum latifolium var. pseudomajus Antirrhinum latifolium var. purpurascens Antirrhinum majus var. peloria Antirrhinum majus var. pseudomajus Antirrhinum majus var. longipedunculatum Antirrhinum hispanorum Antirrhinum majus var. hendersonii

Lower taxons

Antirrhinum majus subsp. linkianum Antirrhinum majus subsp. cirrhigerum Antirrhinum majus var. faurei Antirrhinum majus subsp. litigiosum Antirrhinum majus subsp. tortuosum