Antirrhinum majus L., 1753

🇬🇧 Snapdragon

🇫🇷 Grand muflier, Gueule-de-lion, Gueule-de-loup, Muflier à grandes fleurs, Muflier élevé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Antirrhinum
Species: Antirrhinum majus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with A. australe Rothm., 1956, whose lower cauline leaves are verticillate, while those of A. majus are opposite.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. majus var. fallax Loret, 1859, P (het. syn. A. majus var. striatum (DC.) Rothm., 1956);
A. majus var. majus L., 1753, I;
A. majus var. pseudomajus (Rouy) Rouy, 1909, P.

Photographs

img/antirrhinum-majus.webp — Antirrhinum majus

img/antirrhinum-majus-2.webp — Antirrhinum majus

img/antirrhinum-majus-4.webp — Antirrhinum majus

img/antirrhinum-majus-5.webp — Antirrhinum majus

img/antirrhinum-majus-3.webp — Antirrhinum majus - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 882). Biotope.