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.[1] 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.

Chaenorhinum
Chaenorhinum minus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Chaenorhinum
(D.C.) Rchb. (1828)
Species[1]

27; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Chaenarrhinum (DC.) Rchb. (1828), orth. var.
  • Hueblia Speta (1982)
  • Microrrhinum Fourr. (1869)

Species

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27 species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Chaenorhinum (DC.) Rchb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Dwarf snapdragon. Chaenorrhinum minus L. Figwort family". co.stevens.wa.us. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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