''Chaenorhinum'' is a genus consisting of four species of annual and perennial herbs native to Turkey and the Mediterranean, where they thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to
snapdragons
''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower 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 ...
. The leaves are linear to oblong or rounded, opposite at the base. The flowers resemble snapdragons, being typically
zygomorphic
Floral symmetry describes whether, and how, a flower, in particular its perianth, can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
Uncommonly, flowers may have no axis of symmetry at all, typically because their parts are spiral ...
, hooded, lobed and spurred. They are borne in terminal racemes or singly in the leaf axils of the branching stems.
Species
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Chaenorhinum minus'' (also known as "small toadflax" or "dwarf snapdragon",
)
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Chaenorhinum origanifolium
''Chaenorhinum origanifolium'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to mountainous regions of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes ...
'' (syn. ''Chaenorhinum gloriosum'')
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Chaenorhinum rubrifolium
''Chaenorhinum'' is a genus consisting of four species of annual and perennial herbs native to Turkey and the Mediterranean, where they thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to snapdragons. The leaves are linear to oblong ...
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Chaenorhinum villosum
''Chaenorhinum'' is a genus consisting of four species of annual and perennial herbs native to Turkey and the Mediterranean, where they thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to snapdragons. The leaves are linear to oblong ...
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References
Botanica Sistematica
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae genera
Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
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