PURPLE TOADFLAX
Linaria purpurea
Plantain Family [Plantaginaceae] 
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| 24th June 2006, Canal Bridge, Grand Union Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Grows about 3 or 4 feet tall as a mass of upright shoots with a purple spike of flowers atop. |
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| 25th June 2005, Peak Forest Canal, near Marple. | Photo: © RWD |
| The long narrow linear leaves on all sides of the stem all the way up the stem. |
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| 13th Aug 2008, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are bright violet or a paler violet with purple veins. |
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| 10th Oct 2005, Gardom Edge, Peak District. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers have a spur at the rear that hangs downwards and is not obvious at first glance. |
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| 12th June 2007, Salford, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are typical snap-dragon patter: two ears sticking up, two bulbous middles, and three lobes pointing downwards and partly sideways, besides the rear spur. The sepals long and thin. |
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| 15th May 2008, Walkden, Greater Manchester. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves on a young shoot look like they are in whirls. |
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No relation to : Flaxes such as Cultivated Flax (Linum usitatissimum) [plants with similar names belonging to differing families].
Hybridizes with : Pale Toadflax (Linaria repens) to produce Not to be confused with: Purple Loosestrife which looks vaguely similar. The flowers of purple toadflax are about half the size of those of : Common Toadflax
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 Linaria
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purpurea
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Plantaginaceae
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 Linaria (Toadflaxes) |
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Plantain Family [Plantaginaceae]
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