| Scientific Name: | Antirrhinum majus |
| Common Name: | snapdragon |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Irregular, Pendulous, Spreading, Stiffly upright, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Bronze, Apr-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Dec |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Annual plant 0.5-1m tall but many shorter cultivars which are more commonly used; leaves alternate, most lanceolate 4-8cm long x 6-20mm wide; flowers bilaterally symmetrical with and open when squeezed on the sides, 4-5cm long. | |