Pseudorontium | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Tribe: | Antirrhineae |
Genus: |
Pseudorontium ( A. Gray) Rothm. (1943) |
Species: | P. cyathiferum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudorontium cyathiferum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Pseudorontium is a genus of flowering plants with one species, Pseudorontium cyathiferum ( syn. Antirrhinum cyathiferum), a New World snapdragon known by the common names dog's-mouth [2] and Deep Canyon snapdragon. It is native to the deserts of northern Mexico and adjacent California and Arizona. It is an annual herb producing a hairy, erect, non-climbing stem with many oval-shaped leaves. The solitary flowers are dark-veined deep purple and white, often with some yellow in the throat, and are about a centimeter long. Previously considered to belong among the New World Antirrhinum species, it is now considered the sole member of the related genus Pseudorontium. [3]