Antirrhinum is a plants commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons, The name dragon flowers become common by its face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, and North Africa
Its common myth maintains that they are able to restore youthfulness and beauty to any woman who ate them. It’s a wonder that the witches didn't raid the gardens in which they grew to repair their own ravaged features.
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| Photo by Flickr OmbrosoparacloucycleThe Snapdragon is an important garden plant, widely cultivated from tropical to temperate zones as a bedding, rockery, herbaceous border or container plant. |
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| Under an electron microscope the snapdragon pod looks, Photo by Flickr Karin Jones |
Growing the plants for cut flowers, the seeds have bee used to extract edible oils, particularly in Russia, while the leaves and flowers have been considered to possess anthropologist properties and have been used in poultices. A green dye has also been extracted from the flowers.
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