Antirrhinum sempervirens
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Antirrhinum sempervirens is a plant from the genus of snapdragons ( Antirrhinum ) in the family of plantain plants (Plantaginaceae).
description
Antirrhinum sempervirens is a dwarf shrub whose prostrate stems reach lengths of 25 cm. The plant has short and shaggy hairs without glands , but occasionally glandular trichomes also appear in the inflorescence . The mostly opposite leaves are 12 to 30 mm long and 5 to 17 mm wide, oblong to elliptical. The leaf stalks are 3 to 7 mm long.
The bracts resemble the foliage leaves. The flower stalks are 5 to 10 mm long. The calyx lobes are 5 to 6 mm long, lanceolate, pointed. The crown is 20 to 25 mm long, white or cream-colored, often veined violet and provided with a purple spot on the upper lip. The palate is yellow or white.
The fruits are almost spherical, glandular hairy capsules with a diameter of 6 mm.
Occurrence and locations
The species is widespread in the central Pyrenees and eastern central Spain . It grows there in the mountains on rocks.
literature
- TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (Eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 222 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Stauden-Ratgeber.de - Antirrhinum sempervirens (evergreen snapdragon)
- Photos of Antirrhinum sempervirens on Flora silvestre del Mediterráneo (Spanish)