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Plantaginaceae

Garden snapdragon

Antirrhinum majus L.

Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Antirrhinum

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Garden snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
FlowerPhoto: Diego Rodríguez Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (41)
Arabic
فم السمكة الشائع, أنف العجل, انف الثور, تيسم, حلق السبع
Armenian
Անթիրինում մեծ
arz
فم السمكة الشائع
azb
آناسئنا دیل قیترن
Basque
Dragoi-mutur
Belarusian
Ільвіны зеў вялікі
Catalan
Conillets
Chinese
金魚草, 金鱼草, Antirrhium majus
csb
Lewijôk
Czech
Hledík větší
Danish
Have-Løvemund
Dutch
Grote leeuwenbek
English
Garden snapdragon, Common snapdragon; garden snapdragon; snapdragon, Snapdragons
Estonian
Suur lõvilõug
Finnish
Isoleijonankita, Leijonankita
French
Muflier à grandes fleurs, Grand Muflier, Gueule de loup, Gueule-de-lion, Gueule-de-loup, Muflier
Galician
Herba becerra
Georgian
Ძაღლისპირა
German
Grosses Löwenmaul, Großes Löwenmaul, Garten-Löwenmaul
Greek
Σκυλάκι
Hebrew
לוע-ארי גדול, לוע ארי גדול
hsb
Zahrodna lawica
Hungarian
Kerti oroszlánszáj
Indonesian
Bunga Mulut Singa
Italian
Bocca di leone comune, Bocca di leone
Japanese
キンギョソウ, 金魚草
Korean
금어초
kw
Sawen an dhragon, Tron an leugh
Macedonian
Зејка
Persian
گل میمونی, گل میمون, میمون
Polish
Wyżlin większy, Lwia paszcza
Portuguese
Boca-de-leão
Serbian
Зевалица
Slovak
Papuľka väčšia
Slovenian
Veliki odolin, Zajčki
Spanish
Boca de dragón, Hierba becerra, Tarasca de jardin
Swedish
Lejongap
Tamil
ஆன்டிரைனம் மாச்சு
Turkish
Aslanağzı
Ukrainian
Ротики садові
Welsh
Trwyn y llo, Pen ci bach

Synonyms

  • Antirrhinum grandiflorum Stokes
  • Antirrhinum hendersonii Hend.
  • Antirrhinum hispanorum Bordère ex Rothm.
  • Antirrhinum latifolium var. pseudomajus Rouy
  • Antirrhinum latifolium var. purpurascens Benth.
  • Antirrhinum majus subsp. eumajus P.Fourn.
  • Antirrhinum majus unranked striatum T.Moore
  • Antirrhinum majus var. hendersonii (Hend.) J.Harrison
  • Antirrhinum majus var. longipedunculatum Regel
  • Antirrhinum majus var. peloria Migout
  • Antirrhinum majus var. pseudomajus (Rouy) Rouy
  • Antirrhinum majus var. typicum Bég.
  • Antirrhinum murale Salisb.
  • Antirrhinum vulgare Bubani
  • Orontium majus (L.) Pers.
  • Orontium majus var. album Gray
  • Termontis racemosa Raf.

Flowers

In flower
March to October (from 2,634 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.