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|accepted_name=Linaria purpurea
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Linaria no. 5. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|common_names=Purple toadflax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Antirrhinum purpureum
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 613. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Linaria;Linaria purpurea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Linaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Linaria purpurea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 28
|treatment_page=page 31
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> from taproot, not reproducing vegetatively by stolons. <b>Fertile</b> stems erect or suberect, to 71(–140) cm; sterile stems to 18 cm. <b>Leaves</b> of fertile stems: blade oblanceolate to linear, usually flat, 5–45(–60) × 0.8–4(–8) mm, apex acute or subobtuse. <b>Racemes</b> 1–117-flowered, dense; bracts linear, 2–5(–5.5) × 0.3–1 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, 1–3 mm in flower, 2–4(–5) mm in fruit. <b>Calyx</b> lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm in flower, 2–3.5 × 0.7–1.2 mm in fruit, apex acute or subacute. <b>Corollas</b> violet to purple, with yellow or lilac palate, 9–13(–17) mm; tube 1.5–2.5 mm wide, spurs curved, 5–7(–9) mm, subequal to rest of corolla, abaxial lip sinus (0.6–)0.8–1.5(–2) mm, adaxial lip sinus 1 mm. <b>Styles</b> simple; stigma entire. <b>Capsules</b> subglobular, 2.7–4 × 2.5–3.7 mm, glabrous; loculi equal. <b>Seeds</b> black or blackish brown, subtrigonous or ± tetrahedral, 0.8–1.2 × 0.6–1 mm, with longitudinal marginal ridges and anastomosed ridges or tubercles on faces; wing absent. <b>2n</b> = 12 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed places, railroad rights-of-way, beach foreshores.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;s Europe (Italy);introduced also in s South America (Argentina);n Europe;Australia.
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name=Linaria purpurea
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Antirrhinum purpureum
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed places, railroad rights-of-way, beach foreshores.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;s Europe (Italy);introduced also in s South America (Argentina);n Europe;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Linaria
|species=Linaria purpurea
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