A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers.
1 The intensity and pattern of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Antirrhinum flowers is controlled by several genes.
2 Begin with Antirrhinum , Dianthus, Phlox Drummondii, Stock, and Verbena.
3 I sowed seed of twelve named varieties of Snapdragon ( Antirrhinum majus), and utter confusion was the result.
4 Now, in common with a large number of perennials and biennials, the Antirrhinum is almost exclusively grown from seed.
5 Greenery fills the open space, and wild antirrhinum and harebell brighten the grey walls.
6 These are salvias, pentstemons, and antirrhinums , or snapdragons, planted very thick for the purpose.
7 This spider sits in the bell flower of an antirrhinum .
8 Antirrhinum majus, red var.
9 Here and there a surviving blossom of antirrhinum swaggered among its withered brethren as if to maintain the illusion of summer.
10 Antirrhinum majus (peloric var.
11 Meek antirrhinum paled and grew apace;
12 Antirrhinums may be grown as half-hardy annuals or as perennials, but the former is the simplest course for obtaining plants for summer bedding.
13 Thus in the snapdragon ( antirrhinum ) we generally do not find a rudiment of a fifth stamen; but this may sometimes be seen.
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