snapdragon family

snapdragon family
Family Scrophulariaceae, containing about 4,000 species of flowering plants in 190 genera, found worldwide.

The family is notable for its many ornamental garden plants, including snapdragon (Antirrhinum species) and foxglove. Antirrhinum contains about 40 species native to western North America and the western Mediterranean. Other members of the family, including butter-and-eggs, are wildflowers. Flowers of the family are tubular and bilaterally symmetrical (two-lipped).

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