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>.

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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

Synonyms

Antirrhinum orontium L.

Family

Plantaginaceae

Authority

Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

Red/Pink

Year naturalised

1906

Origin

Eurasia, N. Africa, Macronesia

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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