“Antirrhinum majus”

But you probably know it more readily as a “Snapdragon”!

From the Missouri Botanical Garden web site, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a561 »
“Common Name: snapdragon
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Native Range: China, United States
Zone: 7 to 10
Height: 1.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 0.50 to 1.00 feet
Bloom Time: April to frost
Bloom Description: White, yellow, pink, red, orange, peach, purple plus bicolor
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Suggested Use: Annual
Flower: Showy
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Tolerate: Deer”

From Dave's Garden, http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/44/ »
“Danger:
Seed is poisonous if ingested
Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Antirrhinum_majus&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“What a difference a day makes!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-31
2 years ago (“Creature in my office!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-31
3 years ago (“Purple!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-31

[Tara]

Lovely colors! I used to play with snapdragon pods when I was little. They are so much fun to pop open.

[Rick Schies]

I knew them as snapdragons as soon as I saw it. When we were kids we used to pick them and play with them at my Grandparents home. She had many in her garden

[Jean Tookey]

Beautiful. Lovely colours. We used to call them bunny rabbits.