Chaenorhinum Explained
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. 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.
Species
27 species are accepted.
- Chaenorhinum calycinum
- Chaenorhinum cryptarum
- Chaenorhinum flexuosum
- Chaenorhinum foroughii
- Chaenorhinum gamezii
- Chaenorhinum glareosum
- Chaenorhinum grandiflorum
- Chaenorhinum grossecostatum
- Chaenorhinum huber-morathii
- Chaenorhinum johnstonii
- Chaenorhinum litorale
- Chaenorhinum macropodum
- Chaenorhinum minus – known as "small toadflax" or "dwarf snapdragon"[1]
- Chaenorhinum origanifolium
- Chaenorhinum raveyi
- Chaenorhinum reticulatum
- Chaenorhinum robustum
- Chaenorhinum rubrifolium
- Chaenorhinum rupestre
- Chaenorhinum semiglabrum
- Chaenorhinum semispeluncarum
- Chaenorhinum serpyllifolium
- Chaenorhinum suttonii
- Chaenorhinum tenellum
- Chaenorhinum tuberculatum
- Chaenorhinum villosum
- Chaenorhinum yildirimlii
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Dwarf snapdragon. Chaenorrhinum minus L. Figwort family. co.stevens.wa.us. 1 September 2017.
