Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.

English: Lesser Snapdragon

German: Feldlöwenmaul

Portuguese: Focinho-de-rato, Samacalo

Spanish: Cabeza de Muerto

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Scrophulariales (81)

        Family: Scrophulariaceae (42)(family description)

          Genus: Misopates (2)

            Epithet: orontium (L.) Raf. (1)

Synonym: Antirrhinum orontium L.

orontium => from German Orant, no relation to genus Orontium named after a plant found on the river Orontes in Syria

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

Check for Misopates orontium at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [61] Antirrhinum orontium - Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.