Scientific Name: Antirrhinum majus
Common Name: snapdragon
Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Origin: Africa, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), 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.