Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Purple Toadflax, Linaria purpurea, Buaflíon corcra
Photographs: Co. Cork

Purple Toadflax
Linaria purpurea
Buaflíon corcra
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Introduced.

Spikes of lipped mauve-purple flowers with curved spurs. Many narrow leaves, the lower leaves in whorls, the stem leaves alternate. The erect, ascending stems are often branched. Height 30-80cm.

A garden escape growing on waste ground, roadsides, pavements and walls. Scattered distribution but mainly in the eastern half of Ireland

Related: Common Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris has yellow flowers

Purple Toadflax, Linaria purpurea, Buaflíon corcra

Purple Toadflax, Linaria purpurea, Buaflíon corcra
Purple Toadflax, Linaria purpurea, Buaflíon corcra

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