Linaria maroccana Hook.F.

Moroccan toadflax (en), Linaire du Maroc (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Linaria

Characteristics

Taprooted annual; stems erect, sometimes much-branched, to c. 40 cm tall. Vegetative parts glabrous. Lvs 1.5-4 cm long, narrow-linear, green; apex ± obtuse. Infl. many-flowered, glabrous or glandular-puberulent; fls in rather lax and elongated racemes. Bracts 3-5-(10) mm long, linear to lanceolate, 1/4-3/4 length of pedicels. Calyx 4-6 mm long, lobed almost to base; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, usually glandular-hairy, occasionally glabrous, acute or acuminate. Corolla 25-30 mm long (including slender, straight, acute spur c. 15 mm long), usually crimson or purplish, sometimes pale yellow to orange, pink, or bicoloured, except for yellow or orange, puberulent pouch; upper lip 10-15 mm long. Capsule 3-5 mm diam., globose. Seeds 1.7-1.9 mm long, curved, wingless, black, strongly ribbed.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 14 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Linaria maroccana habit picture by Manuel Hernández (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Linaria maroccana leaf picture by Rico Mende (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Linaria maroccana flower picture by INDALECIO CASADO BOLIVAR (cc-by-sa)
Linaria maroccana flower picture by Adeniyi Osikoya (cc-by-sa)
Linaria maroccana flower picture by Adeniyi Osikoya (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Linaria maroccana world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804758-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136792
COL ID 6QGMB
BDTFX ID 39245
INPN ID 106189
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Linaria maroccana