The snapdragon is a flowering plant native to rocky areas of the Mediterranean, widely grown as a garden ornamental for its tall spikes of colorful, two-lipped flowers. The common name comes from the way each flower's hinged petals can be squeezed at the sides to open like a dragon's mouth, snapping shut again when released. Snapdragon flowers are pollinated mainly by bumblebees, which are strong enough to force the closed petals open to reach the nectar inside.
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Classification
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Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
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Source Wikipedia: Antirrhinum
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Antirrhinum majus (Wikipedia)
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Antirrhinum majus, the common snapdragon (often, especially in horticulture, simply "snapdragon"), is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum.
2. Wikipedia: Antirrhinum
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They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa.
Circumscription
The USDA Plants Database recognises only two species: A. majus (the garden snapdragon), the only species naturalised in North America, and A. bellidifolium (the lilac snapdragon), now considered to be Anarrhinum bellidifolium (L.) Willd.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ156692, descriptionView the Source 4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
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"canonicalName": "Antirrhinum majus"
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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