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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Chaenorhinum minus (L.) Lange
dwarf snapdragon, lesser toadflax, small snapdragon
Chaenorhinum: Greek for "open-nose," referring to open corolla-throat
minus: smaller
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-12" tall forb, branched |
| Flower: | blue to purple, 5-parted, 1/4" long, very irregularly-shaped, slender spur at the base, 2 distinct lips with the lower one open at the throat and marked with yellow, 4 stamens; solitary, stalked flowers from the leaf axils; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule |
| Leaf: | alternate, linear, undivided |
| Habitat: | waste areas, railroad ballast |
| (Glossary) |
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