Antirrhinum valentinum
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Antirrhinum Valentinum a plant is art from the genus of snapdragons ( Antirrhinum ) in the family of plantain plants (Plantaginaceae).
description
Antirrhinum valentinum is a dwarf shrub with intertwined branches, the ascending stems of which reach lengths of 20 to 30 cm. The plant is hairy without glands and short fluffy. The mostly opposite leaves are 5 to 15 mm long and 4 to 12 mm wide, elliptical to rounded, blunt to slightly edged. The leaf stalks are 1 to 5 mm long.
The bracts resemble the foliage leaves. The flower stalks are 7 to 20 mm long. The calyx lobes are 4 to 5 mm long, oblong-lanceolate and pointed. The crown is 12 to 15 mm long, white with a yellow palate and a pink veined upper lip. The lips are close to the base at a right angle from the corolla tube.
The fruits are spherical, mostly hairless capsules with a diameter of 7 mm.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
Occurrence and locations
The species is widespread in southeastern Spain , in the mountains south of Valencia . It grows there in the shade on limestone 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).
Individual evidence
- ^ Antirrhinum valentinum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis