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Plantaginaceae
Purple Toadflax
Linaria purpurea
Steadfastness and self-reliance.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
- Native to
- Italy, Mediterranean Europe
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 2-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, poor to average
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The tiny snapdragon-like flowers resemble miniature versions of its cousin, the common snapdragon.
- It readily self-seeds and colonizes gravel paths, old walls, and disturbed ground throughout Europe.
- The cultivar 'Canon Went' produces soft pink flowers and was discovered as a chance seedling in an English garden.
- Its slender, upright form and gray-green foliage give it an elegant, airy presence in borders.
- Bees must be heavy enough to push open the closed lip of each tiny flower to access the nectar inside.
Color meanings
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self-reliance
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steadfastness
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quiet persistence