About Antirrhinum tortuosum Bosc ex Vent.
Nomenclature and Growth Form
Antirrhinum tortuosum Bosc ex Vent. is a perennial plant.
Flower Characteristics and Bloom Period
Its purple flowers are 30–35 mm in diameter, arranged in racemes, and it blooms from spring through fall.
Habitat and Population Range
This species is commonly found growing on limestone rockfaces, walls, and roadsides, and its populations often occupy small, restricted ranges.
Reproductive Biology
It is predominantly pollinated by bees, bears fruits, has self-incompatibility, and its germination is temperature-sensitive, with flowers growing contiguous to one another on the raceme.
