Snapdragon Flower Mouth. However theyre also called snapdragons because their flowers look like what a dragons mouth could look like and snap when you squeeze them. Named for its resemblance to a dragons mouth that opens and closes.
Release them and they are closing their mouth. Their clusters of bell-shaped flower bloom in almost every colorthink of purple pink red orange yellow peach and white. Antirrhinum flowers have five petals arranged into an upper and lower lip that develops a convex shape called a palate which effectively blocks the mouth of the flower tube.
However theyre also called snapdragons because their flowers look like what a dragons mouth could look like and snap when you squeeze them.
18102016 The flowers of the Snapdragon look more or less like the face of a dragon and its mouth will be opened and closed when it is squeezed. Once the snapdragon flowers are squeezed on the sides both the upper and lower lip of the snapdragon flowers mouth will snap open and shut exposing the long stamens coming from the back of the flower. 24042017 The snapdragon or dragon flower is one of the most popular plants in gardens around Europe United States and North Africa. Antirrhinum flowers have five petals arranged into an upper and lower lip that develops a convex shape called a palate which effectively blocks the mouth of the flower tube.