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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.
The version with purple flowers can be mistaken for lavender. Spreads readily. Pale toadflax (Linaria repens), a species from western Europe similar to L. purpurea, but with paler flowers. Alpine toadflax (Linaria alpina), purple flowers with orange (or purple) lobes in the center. Moroccan toadflax (Linaria maroccana), the flower has five ...
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.
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).
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2]
The members of this genus are known in English as toadflax, a name shared with several other related genera. The scientific name honors Thomas Nuttall. The North American species do not appear to form interspecific hybrids at all. The most common mode of reproduction is self-fertilization, with occasional fertilization by another plant of the ...
The common name toadflax is shared with Linaria and other related genera. The scientific name means "resembling a cymbal" for the somewhat rounded leaves. By far the best known species is Cymbalaria muralis (also called ivy-leaved toadflax, and Kenilworth ivy), native to southwest Europe. It has widely naturalised elsewhere and is commonly sold ...
Toadflax is the common name of several related genera of plants in the family Plantaginaceae, including: Anarrhinum; Antirrhinum, also called snapdragon;