Linaria purpurea (L.) Mill.

Purple toadflax (en), Linaire pourpre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Linaria

Characteristics

Glabrous, perennial herb with stout rootstock; stems to c. 80 cm tall, branching towards apex. Lvs 2.5-8 cm × 2-6 mm, linear or narrow-lanceolate, glaucous; apex acute. Infl. long; fls in dense, many-flowered, glabrous racemes, borne on each stem branch. Bracts 1.5-3 mm long, narrow-linear, < or > pedicels at anthesis. Calyx 1.5 mm long, lobed to base; lobes lanceolate or narrow-ovate, obtuse to acute. Corolla 12-15 mm long (including slightly curved spur 5-7 mm long), purple or pink, occasionally lower lip white, spotted purple, and pouch white-bearded; upper lip 3-4 mm long. Capsule 2-4 mm diam., subglobose. Seed 1-1.3 mm long, sharply 3-angled, rugose, black, wingless.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses environmental use
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) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Linaria purpurea habit picture by Caw Vus (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea habit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea habit picture by Pazzaglia Aron (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Linaria purpurea leaf picture by Mandy Fitzsimmons (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea leaf picture by Rory O'Conor (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea leaf picture by G GM (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Linaria purpurea flower picture by Jim Barnes (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea flower picture by Palermo Rosario (cc-by-sa)
Linaria purpurea flower picture by viking777 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Linaria purpurea world distribution map, present in Argentina, Canada, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1016392-2
WFO ID wfo-0000447110
COL ID 72GPQ
BDTFX ID 82324
INPN ID 611063
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Termontis purpurea Antirrhinum purpureum Linaria purpurascens Linaria purpurea