It is readily propagated by parting its roots in the autumn, may be kept in pots, or planted in the open border, prefers a moist stiffish soil; if carefully watered in dry weather, will grow among rock-work, for which, from its size, it is well adapted.
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Antirrhinum Sparteum. Branching Toad-Flax.
Class and Order.
Didynamia Angiospermia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. basis deorsum prominens nectarifera. Caps. 2-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ANTIRRHINUM sparteum foliis subulatis canaliculatis carnosis: inferioribus ternis, caule paniculato corollisque glaberrimis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 555. Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 333.