Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Antirrhinum majus L.
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Antirrhinum
Catalan common name : Boca de lleó. Botons de gat. Conillets. Gatolins. Gossos. Mamaconillets. Vedells.
Spanish common name : Becerra. Boca de dragón. Conejitos. Dragoncillos. Flor del sapo. Gallitos. Gatos. Morro de lobo.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May. June. July. August. September. October.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses and old walls. Gardens.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : Dandelions are very well known garden plants. They have a long inflorescence with large, reddish, yellow or even white flowers. The flowers are large with the shape of a shut mouth, which opens if we squeeze them on the sides with our fingers. The leaves are lanceolate, and opposite each other or in groups of three. This plant has become naturalised in many places from gardens, to colonising rocky walls. Flowers at the end of spring.
Status : Alien species.
