Misopates orontium

(Linnaeus) Rafinesque

Autik. Bot., 158. 1840.

Common names: Lesser snapdragon weasel’s-snout muflier rubicond
WeedyIntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Antirrhinum orontium Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 617. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 36. Mentioned on page 34.

Distribution

Introduced; B.C., Ont., Que., Alaska, Calif., Conn., Fla., Idaho, Ill., Ky., Maine, Mich., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Utah, Va., Wash., Europe, sw, sc Asia, n Africa, also in South America, s Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Subspecies gibbosum (Wallich) D. A. Sutton, which occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern and south-central Asia, and northeastern Africa, has more slender stems, smaller flowers, and more lax inflorescences than subsp. orontium (D. A. Sutton 1988). Subspecies gibbosum does not appear to have been introduced in the flora area.

Selected References

None.

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Craig C. Freeman +
(Linnaeus) Rafinesque +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Antirrhinum orontium +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
short-cupulate +
Lesser snapdragon +, weasel’s-snout +  and muflier rubicond +
personate +  and bilabiate +
white +, purple +  and pink +
urceolate +  and cylindric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Fla. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Mich. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, Utah +, Va. +, Wash. +, Europe +, sw +, sc Asia +, n Africa +, also in South America +, s Africa +, Pacific Islands +  and Australia +
drupe-like +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
terminal +  and axillary +
alternate +  and opposite +
persistent +  and deciduous +
usually longer +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
5 +  and 4 +
Autik. Bot., +
minute +
dark-brown +
angled +  and obovoid +
Weedy +, Introduced +  and Illustrated +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
erect;ascending +
glandular-pubescent +
Misopates orontium +
Misopates +
species +