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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Scrophulariaceae (ゴマノハグサ科) > Antirrhinum majus
Antirrhinum L. (キンギョソウ)Kingyosou (キンギョソウ, 金魚草), (common) snapdragonLifeform: herbaceous perennial forb (may become annual in cold regions) Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean region (exotic to Japan) Habitat: escaped from gardens (in the case of Japan) - weed (雑草) Pollination: bumblebee |
ssp. majus: Southern France, northeast Spain ssp. cirrhigerum (Ficalho) Franco: Southern Portugal - southwest Spain ssp. linkianum (Boiss. et Reut.) Rothm.: endemic in western Portugal ssp. litigiosum (Pau) Rothm.: southeastern Spain ssp. tortuosum (Bosc) Rouy.: throughout the Mediterranean Also there are many cultivars (e.g., Bells Pink, Chimes Bronze, and Bells Yellow) |
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[1] a patch. [2] shoots and leaves. [3] close-up of flowers. [1-3] at N20/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 19 2009