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Linaria alpina

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Plantaginaceae

Scientific name
  
Linaria alpina

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Linaria

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Linaria, Pale toadflax, Linaria vulgaris, Linaria supina, Linaria purpurea

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Linaria alpina, sometimes called alpine toadflax, is a purple-flowered member of the genus Linaria. It is found in many mountain ranges in southern and central Europe from the Sierra de Gredos and the Montes de León in Spain  to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula including the Jura mountains Alps, Pyrenees, and central Apennines.

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It is an early colonist of recently exposed and unconsolidated glacial moraine

In contrast to other members of the genus, L. alpina has purple flowers, with orange lobes in the centre (in some forms, these are also purple).

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References

Linaria alpina Wikipedia