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'''''Linaria purpurea''''' is a species of flowering plant in the [[Plantaginaceae|plantain family]] known by the common name '''purple toadflax'''.<ref name=BSBI07>{{cite web |title=BSBI List 2007 |publisher=Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland |url=http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls |format=xls |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/6VqJ46atN |archive-date=2015-02-25 |accessdate=2014-10-17}}</ref><ref name=PLANTS>{{PLANTS|id=LIPU3|taxon=Linaria purpurea|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> It is native to [[Italy]],<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404687 GRIN Species Profile]</ref> but it can be found growing wild as an [[introduced species]] in parts of western North America, including [[California]],<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7370,7376 Jepson Manual Treatment]</ref> western [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]],<ref>[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Linaria&Species=purpurea Burke Museum]</ref> and [[British Columbia]],<ref name=PLANTS/> and it is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]].<ref>[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A242 Kemper Garden Center]</ref> It is a perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with linear leaves 2 to 5 centimeters in length. The [[inflorescence]] is a [[raceme]] of flowers occupying the top of the stem. The flower is between 1 and 2 centimeters long with five lobes arranged into two lips with a spur at the end. The flower is usually light to medium purple in color. It should be noted that this plant is poisonous to livestock, however the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera use this plant as a food source.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brickfieldspark.org/data/purpletoadflax.htm|title=Purple Toadflax - Linaria purpurea, species information page|website=www.brickfieldspark.org|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>
'''''Linaria purpurea''''' is a species of flowering plant in the [[Plantaginaceae|plantain family]] known by the common name '''purple toadflax'''.<ref name=BSBI07>{{cite web |title=BSBI List 2007 |publisher=Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland |url=http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls |format=xls |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/6VqJ46atN |archive-date=2015-02-25 |accessdate=2014-10-17}}</ref><ref name=PLANTS>{{PLANTS|id=LIPU3|taxon=Linaria purpurea|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> It is native to [[Italy]],<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404687 GRIN Species Profile]</ref> but it can be found growing wild as an [[introduced species]] in parts of western North America, including [[California]],<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7370,7376 Jepson Manual Treatment]</ref> western [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]],<ref>[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Linaria&Species=purpurea Burke Museum]</ref> and [[British Columbia]],<ref name=PLANTS/> and it is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]].<ref>[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A242 Kemper Garden Center]</ref> It is a perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with linear leaves 2 to 5 centimeters in length. The [[inflorescence]] is a [[raceme]] of flowers occupying the top of the stem. The flower is between 1 and 2 centimeters long with five lobes arranged into two lips with a spur at the end. The flower is usually light to medium purple in color. It should be noted that this plant is poisonous to livestock, however the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera use this plant as a food source.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brickfieldspark.org/data/purpletoadflax.htm|title=Purple Toadflax - Linaria purpurea, species information page|website=www.brickfieldspark.org|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>


There is a pale pink cultivar of the species named 'Canon Went'.<ref>https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1172/ref>
There is a pale pink cultivar of the species named 'Canon Went'.<ref>https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1172</ref>
==References==
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Linaria purpurea

Linaria purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name purple toadflax.[1][2] It is native to Italy,[3] but it can be found growing wild as an introduced species in parts of western North America, including California,[4] western Washington,[5] and British Columbia,[2] and it is cultivated as an ornamental plant.[6] It is a perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with linear leaves 2 to 5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. The flower is between 1 and 2 centimeters long with five lobes arranged into two lips with a spur at the end. The flower is usually light to medium purple in color. It should be noted that this plant is poisonous to livestock, however the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera use this plant as a food source.[7]

There is a pale pink cultivar of the species named 'Canon Went'.[8]

References

  1. ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ a b NRCS. "Linaria purpurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ GRIN Species Profile
  4. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
  5. ^ Burke Museum
  6. ^ Kemper Garden Center
  7. ^ "Purple Toadflax - Linaria purpurea, species information page". www.brickfieldspark.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  8. ^ https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1172

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