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Chaenorhinum
Sign in to saveChaenorhinum is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 27 species of annual and perennial herbs native to the Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and western Asia to the western Himalayas. They thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to snapdragons. The leaves are linear to oblong or rounded, opposite at the base. The flowers resemble snapdragons, being typically zygomorphic, hooded, lobed and spurred. They are borne in terminal racemes or singly in the leaf axils of the branching stems.
Species
dwarf snapdragon
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
Kierleeuwenbek (Chaenorhinum) is een geslacht van planten uit de weegbreefamilie (Plantaginaceae). Het geslacht komt met één soort, de kleine leeuwenbek (Chaenorhinum minus), in België en Nederland voor.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 101
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Collections
- MO, WIS, MNHN, JBRJ, O, LD
- Recorded in
- Morocco, United States, Spain, Iran, Portugal, EspañA, Indeterminado, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chaenorhinum is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 27 species of annual and perennial herbs native to the Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and western Asia to the western Himalayas. They thrive in dry stony areas and scree. They are closely related to snapdragons. The leaves are linear to oblong or rounded, opposite at the base. The flowers resemble snapdragons, being typically zygomorphic, hooded, lobed and spurred. They are borne in terminal racemes or singly in the leaf axils of the branching stems.
==Species== 27 species are accepted. Chaenorhinum calycinum Chaenorhinum cryptarum Chaenorhinum flexuosum Chaenorhinum foroughii Chaenorhinum gamezii Chaenorhinum glareosum Chaenorhinum grandiflorum Chaenorhinum grossecostatum Chaenorhinum huber-morathii Chaenorhinum johnstonii Chaenorhinum litorale Chaenorhinum macropodum Chaenorhinum minus – known as "small toadflax" or "dwarf snapdragon" Chaenorhinum origanifolium Chaenorhinum raveyi Chaenorhinum reticulatum Chaenorhinum robustum Chaenorhinum rubrifolium Chaenorhinum rupestre Chaenorhinum semiglabrum Chaenorhinum semispeluncarum Chaenorhinum serpyllifolium Chaenorhinum suttonii Chaenorhinum tenellum Chaenorhinum tuberculatum Chaenorhinum villosum Chaenorhinum yildirimlii
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaenorhinum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.