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Misopates orontium

Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 30/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whanganui - in gravel rail-yard.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/09/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Picton.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whanganui - in gravel rail-yard.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/09/2012, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

wild antirrhinum

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Misopates

Family

Plantaginaceae

Authority

Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.

Synonyms

Antirrhinum orontium L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1906

Origin

Eurasia, N. Africa, Macronesia

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Gübitz, T; Caldwell, A; Hudson A (2003). Rapid molecular evolution of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in Antirrhinum and its relatives. Molecular Biology & Evolution 20(9).

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