Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : athor
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Antirrhinum orontium L.
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: lesser snapdragon
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Löwenmaul ; ES : boca de dragón ; FR : muflier des champs ; IT : gallinetta comune ; PT : focinho-de-rato ; EN : lesser snapdragon ; NL : akkerleeuwebek ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons lemon-shaped.
- Leaf entire, lanceolate, more or less toothed.
- Height: 20-40 cm. Plant more or less hairy.
- Stem erect, branched, glabrous below, glandular -hairy above.
- Leaves lower opposite, the upper alternate. Leaves linear -lanceolate. Blade scarcely hairy, cuneate in a short petiole. Median vein whitish, deep, prominent. Dark-green coloured.
- Flowers red-pinky solitary, axillary in the upper part of the stems, in racemes. Bracts dark-veined, exceeding the flowers. Corolla 10-15 mm, like a tube swollen and gibbous at base, without spur.
- Fruit : capsule ovate, hairy, shorter than the calyx. Seeds brown about 1 mm.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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