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Plantaginaceae
Alpine Toadflax
Linaria alpina
Unexpected beauty.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
- Native to
- European Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- perennial
- Height
- 0.2-0.5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, rocky, gravelly soil
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Alpine Toadflax flowers have a distinctive orange blotch on their lower lip that guides pollinators.
- The plant is a pioneer species, often among the first to colonize bare gravel and scree slopes.
- Its flowers closely resemble tiny snapdragons and can only be opened by strong insects like bees.
- Alpine Toadflax can self-seed prolifically in gravel gardens, naturalizing beautifully over time.
- The species has adapted to grow in nutrient-poor glacial moraine deposits at elevations over 9,000 feet.
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