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Asarina

Asarina
Asarina procumbens-IMG 1545.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Asarina
Mill.
Species: A. procumbens
Binomial name
Asarina procumbens
Mill.
Synonyms
  • Antirrhinum asarifolium Salisb.
  • Antirrhinum asarina L.
  • Antirrhinum asarinum Lam.
  • Antirrhinum quinquelobatum St.-Lag.
  • Asarina cordifolia Moench
  • Asarina lobelii Quer

Asarina is a flowering plant genus of only one species, Asarina procumbens, the trailing snapdragon, which is native to southern Europe. Originally placed in the Scrophulariaceae (figwort family), the genus has more recently been moved to the Plantaginaceae (plantain family). Species from North America formerly placed in the genus Asarina are now placed in Holmgrenanthe, Lophospermum, Mabrya and Maurandya, as well as Neogaerrhinum. Asarina is now regarded as exclusively an Old World genus.

At one time placed in Asarina:


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