| Accepted name: |
Antirrhinum majus L. |
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| English names: |
Common Snapdragon
Great Snapdragon
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HANTMA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Worldwide cultivated as an annual, in warmer climates also as a perennial ornamental, frequently naturalized in the Mediterranean. Formerly cultivated in Russia and Persia for the production of oil from the seeds (beginning of 19th cent.). Today grown as a medicinal plant in Iraq. Formerly also medicinal plant in Central Europe (Herba Antirrhinum vel Oronti majoris) for treating wounds and abscesses. Important plant for genetic experiments(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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