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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Dwarf Snapdragon may be confused with Canada Toadflax (Linaria canadensis), but that plant is taller, unbranched, the leaves linear, and has a prostrate basal rosette of leafy branches. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenorhinum minus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaenorhinum minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-18-001:
Chaenorrhinum minus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Snapdragon
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chmi_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenorhinum minus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaenorhinum minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-18-001:
Chaenorrhinum minus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3347
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Road shoulders, railroad embankments, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (lower leaves opposite)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender,
with a yellow throat
Pedicel longer than the subtending leaf
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule that opens via pores (poricidal)
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