Plantaginaceae
Purple toadflax
Linaria purpurea
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 不列颠柳穿鱼
- Czech
- Lnice nachová
- Dutch
- Walstroleeuwenbek
- English
- Purple toadflax
- Finnish
- Purppurakannusruoho
- Persian
- سهره ارغوانی
- Swedish
- Purpursporre
- Welsh
- Llin-y-llyffant porffor
Synonyms
- Antirrhinum purpureum L.
- Linaria purpurascens Bernh. ex Hornem.
- Termontis purpurea (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pilmar, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: f_s, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.