<i>Antirrhinum</i>

Antirrhinum

<p><i><b>Antirrhinum</b></i> is a <a href="/en/Genus" title="Genus" class="wl">genus</a> of <a href="/en/Plant" title="Plant" class="wl">plants</a> commonly known as <b>dragon flowers</b>, <b>snapdragons</b> and <b>dog flower</b><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a <a href="/en/European_dragon" title="European dragon" class="wl">dragon</a> that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed.  They are <a href="/en/Native_plant" title="Native plant" class="mw-redirect wl">native</a> to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa. It is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders and as a cut flower.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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</span><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Antirrhinum Temporal range  5–0&nbsp;Ma 
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<th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)" class="notheme"><i>Antirrhinum</i><br><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;">5–0<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Megaannum" title="Megaannum" class="mw-redirect wl">Ma</a></span> <div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap; border:1px #666; border-style:solid none; position:relative; z-index:0; font-size:97%;">
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%"><i><a href="/en/Antirrhinum_majus" title="Antirrhinum majus" class="wl">Antirrhinum majus</a></i></td></tr>


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<th colspan="2" style="min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)" class="notheme"><a href="/en/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)" class="wl">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/Template:Taxonomy/Antirrhinum" title="e" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="e" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Red_Pencil_Icon.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" data-file-type="bitmap" height="16" width="16"></a></span></span></th></tr>
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<td>Kingdom:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Plant" title="Plant" class="wl">Plantae</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Vascular_plant" title="Vascular plant" class="wl">Tracheophytes</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" class="wl">Angiosperms</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Eudicots" title="Eudicots" class="wl">Eudicots</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Asterids" title="Asterids" class="wl">Asterids</a></td></tr>
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<td>Order:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Lamiales" title="Lamiales" class="wl">Lamiales</a></td></tr>
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<td>Family:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Plantaginaceae" title="Plantaginaceae" class="wl">Plantaginaceae</a></td></tr>
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<td>Tribe:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Antirrhineae" title="Antirrhineae" class="wl">Antirrhineae</a></td></tr>
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<td>Genus:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Antirrhinum" title="Antirrhinum" class="wl"><i>Antirrhinum</i></a><br><small><a href="/en/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus" class="wl">L.</a></small></td></tr>



































































































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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/en/Antirrhinum_majus" title="Antirrhinum majus" class="wl">Antirrhinum majus</a></i><br><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/en/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus" class="wl">L.</a></div></td></tr>






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<ul><li><i>Antirrhinum</i></li>
<li><i>Orontium</i></li>
<li><i>Saerorhinum</i></li></ul></td></tr>

















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Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers, snapdragons and dog flower 