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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linaria purpurea   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linaria purpurea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Linaria purpurea

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple Toadflax


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JK Marlow    jkm210407_9310

April    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

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Keith Bradley    kab_2351

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

Keith Bradley    kab_2351b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Introduced, but can be found growing wild in parts of western North America, per Wikipedia.

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7669

October    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3530

November    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3533

November    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3534

November    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Linaria purpurea, Purple Toadflax

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3539

November    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linaria purpurea   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linaria purpurea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linaria purpurea

 

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4014

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite or whorled (or upper alternate)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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