NameThatPlant.net: Chaenorhinum minus ssp. minus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Dwarf Snapdragon may be confused with Canada Toadflax (Linaria canadensis), but that plant is taller, unbranched, the leaves linear, and has a prostrate basal rosette of leafy branches. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenorhinum minus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-18-001:

Chaenorrhinum minus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Snapdragon

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-18-001:
Chaenorrhinum minus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

3347

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Road shoulders, railroad embankments, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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