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Linaria purpurea or purple toadflax is a purple-flowered plant native to Italy, part of the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is sometimes planted in gardens and is also an introduced weed in North America and other parts of Europe.
Broomleaf toadflax or Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria genistifolia, syn. L. dalmatica), a native of southeast Europe that has become a weed in parts of North America. [ 2 ] Purple toadflax ( Linaria purpurea ), a species native to the Mediterranean region grown as a garden plant for its dark purple or pink flowers.
Linaria alpina, sometimes called alpine toadflax, is a purple-flowered plant native to mountainous areas of southern and central Europe.It belongs to the family Plantaginaceae (plantain family; unrelated to the fruit).
Cymbalaria muralis, commonly called ivy-leaved toadflax, [3] is a low, spreading, trailing plant with small purple flowers, native to rocky habitats in southern Europe. It belongs to the plantain family ( Plantaginaceae ), and is introduced and naturalised in many other temperate locations.
Balkan toadflax Linaria vulgaris: common toadflax Logfia gallica: narrowleaf cottonrose Lythrum salicaria: purple loosestrife Phalaris arundinacea: reed canary grass Pilosella aurantiaca: fox-and-clubs Reynoutria japonica: Japanese knotweed Rubus armeniacus: Himalayan blackberry Rubus laciniatus: cutleaf evergreen blackberry Salix × fragilis ...
The 'pale' in the English common name refers to the colour of the flowers, in comparison with related species, and 'toadflax' is thought to refer to the plants' historical use to treat bubonic plague, a false link having been drawn at some point between the words 'bubo' and Bufo, which is Latin for toad. [6] [7]
Toadflax is the common name of several related genera of plants in the family Plantaginaceae, including: Anarrhinum; Antirrhinum, also called snapdragon;
They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2] They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa. Antirrhinum species are widely used as ornamental plants in borders and as cut flowers.