Common name
English: Pale Weasel's-Snout
German: Blasses Löwenmaul
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Scrophulariaceae (40)(family description)
Genus: Misopates (2)
Epithet: calycinum (Lam.) Rothm. (3)
Synonyms: Antirrhinum jamaicense Fisch. ex Colla, Antirrhinum orontium var. grandiflorum Chav., Antirrhinum orontium var. leiocarpum Pau, Antirrhinum theodorii Sennen & Mauricio
calycinum => nature or form of a calyx
jamaicense => from Jamaica
orontium => from German Orant, no relation to genus Orontium named after a plant found on the river Orontes in Syria
theodorii => in honor of Theodor Karl Julius Herzog (1880-1961), German bryologist and phytogeographer
Characteristics
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, white