L. chalepensis (L.) Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 12 (1768).
  Slender glaucescent annual, erect, 12-40 cm. Leaves of sterile shoots (when present) opposite or whorled, obovate-elliptic. Leaves of flowering stems linear or sublanceolate-linear, lower-most opposite or whorled, obovate-elliptic, 20-40 x 1-3 mm. Racemes lax. Bracts (½r-)l-3 x as long as c.2 mm flowering pedicels; pedicels l.5-3(-4) mm in fruit. Calyx lobes linear, immarginate, glabrous, very acute, 4-8 mm in flower, patent, usually elongating and erect in fruit, rarely oblong-spathuiate. Corolla white, 5-7 mm, upper lip with recurved oblong lobes; spur subulate, incurved, 8-11 mm. Capsule suborbicular, 4-5 mm, usually 2-3 x shorter than accrescent calyx, rarely equal. Seeds angled, rugose-pitted, 1 mm. Fl. 4-6. Macchie, rocky slopes, waste places, fallow fields, s.1.-1800 m.
1. Calyx lobes linear, tapering to a very acute apex, usually to 2-3 x as long as capsule; bracts 1-3 x as long as flowering pedicels var. chalepensis
1. Calyx lobes narrowly oblong-spathuiate, subobtuse, + equal to capsule; bracts ½-1 x as long as flowering pedicels var. brevicalyx
var. chalepensis. Syn: Antirrhinum chalepense L., Sp. Pl. 617 (1753)! Ic: Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graeca 6: t. 5921 (1827), as Antirrhinum chalepense; Jáv. & Csap., Ic. Fl. Hung. 456(1933).
  Described from Italy (Hb. Linn. 767/53!).
  Mainly W. Turkey, S. & E. Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Naipköy to Işkılar, A. & T. Baytop (ISTE 10865)! A2(E) Istanbul: Florya, 22 v 1892, Azn.! A2(A) Kocaeli: Pendik, 25 v 1898, Azn.! A5 Samsun: c. 3 km E. of Samsun, c. 25 m, Tobey 107! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1400 m, Stainton 8312! Bl Çanakkale: d. Erenköy, Dumbrek valley, Sint. 1883:125! Izmir: nr Smyrna (Izmir), 1827, Fleischer'. B9 Bitlis: 2 km S. of Adilcevaz, 1800 m, D. 43431! C1 Aydin: Priene, 500-100 m, D. 40831! C2 Muğla: Marmaris to Emecik, 5 m, D. 25349! C3 Antalya: Side, s.!., Guichard T U R/24/62! C5 Içel: Pompeiopolis to Mersin, s.l., Markgraf 12/1960! C6 Hatay: Dörtyol, s.l., Coode & Jones 455! C7 Adiyaman: Kahta to Eski Kahta, 600 m, Rix 1888! C8 Mardin: Kizil Tepe, 600 m, D. 28650! C9 Siirt: above Şirnak, 1400-1500 m, D. 42637! Is: Lesvos, Cand.; Khios, c. 1930, Guiol! Samos, Tigani, Gathorne-Hardy 644! Kos, Buttler 18197! Ikaria, Cap Phanar, Runemark & Snogerup 6514; Rodhos, Hb. Post. 509!
  S. Europe (from France eastwards), S.W. Asia, Egypt. E. Medit. element,
var. brevicalyx Davis in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 36:8 (1978). Fl 3-4. Limestone slopes, 100-150 m.
Type: Turkey C4 Antalya: Alanya promontory, 100 m, rocky limestone slopes, flowers white with greyish veins, 11 iv 1956, Davis & O. Polunin, D. 25855 (holo. E! iso. K! BM!).
S. Anatolia; rare. C3 Antalya: Karanlik Sokak, 150 m, Tengwall249 (1 of the 4 specimens on the Kew sheet is intermediate between the 2 varieties)!
Endemic. E. Medit. element. In calyx shape this variety resembles L. armeniaca, but on other characters is better included in L. chalepensis. These two species are unique in the genus in having the adaxial calyx lobe shorter than the rest.