Linaria purpurea (L.) Mill.
(Purple Toadflax)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLinaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
GenusLinaria (Bot.) (toadflaxes)
FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE (toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax) :
1: Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
12 Sep 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in disturbed ground in limestone quarry
Image 1: Flower spike - close-upImage 2: Flower spike - close-up (2)Image 3: Flower spike - close-up (3)Image 4: Flower spike - close-up (4)Image 5: Flowers - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Flowers - lower face view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Flowers - lower face view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Flowers - side views - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Seed pods - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Seed pods - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Seed pods - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 12: Seed pods - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 13: Seed pods - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 14: Seeds - highly enlargedImage 15: Seeds - magnifiedImage 16: Seeds - magnified (2)
2: Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
28 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Plant - close-upImage 2: Plant - close-up (2)Image 3: Plants - in front of wire netting
3: Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
7 Aug 1970 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Plant

Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
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