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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linaria purpurea
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linaria purpurea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linaria purpurea
COMMON NAME:
Purple Toadflax
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9310
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Keith Bradley kab_2351
May Spartanburg County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_2351b
May Spartanburg County SC
Introduced, but can be found growing wild in parts of western North America, per Wikipedia.
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JK Marlow jkm201014_7669
October Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3530
November Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3533
November Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3534
November Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3539
November Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linaria purpurea
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linaria purpurea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linaria purpurea
4014
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite or whorled (or upper alternate)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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