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Antirrhinum majus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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617
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Antirrhinum majus L.
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Antirrhinum majus

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Antirrhinum majus L.

Short-lived perennial; stems to c. 60 cm tall, becoming woody at base, simple or branched. Lvs shortly petiolate. Lamina 20-50 × 3-15 mm, usually linear to lanceolate, occasionally broader, glabrous; base narrowly cuneate. Fls in long, terminal, densely glandular-hairy, rather compact racemes; peduncle long, often = flowering part. Bracts 5-9 mm long, ovate. Calyx 5-8 mm long, deeply lobed, glandular-hairy; lobes elliptic to suborbicular or broad-ovate, equal. Corolla 30-40 mm long to apex of erect upper lip, usually purple or rose, sometimes yellow, whitish or bicoloured, glandular-hairy outside; tube 3-4× calyx, c. 1 cm wide; lobes large and rounded, with recurved margins, the middle lobe of lower lip not concealed; upper lip emarginate. Capsule (8)-12-15 mm long, ovoid or ovoid-oblong, densely glandular-hairy. Seeds c. 1 mm long, oblong, dark, strongly rugose with irregular ridges.

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Antirrhinum majus L.
Antirrhinum majus L.
Antirrhinum majus L.

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Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Antirrhinum majus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 December 2014
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