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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus, Dwarf Snapdragon

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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