Linaria purpurea
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Scrophulariaceae›Linaria›Linaria purpurea
Ecology
A perennial herb, occurring as a garden escape or outcast on waste ground, roadsides and banks, along railways, on pavements, walls and rubbish tips, and in quarries. Lowland.
Status
Neophyte
Trends
L. purpurea was introduced into cultivation by 1648 and is a popular garden plant with several named cultivars. It was known from the wild by c. 1830 (Middlesex), and its distribution has greatly increased since the 1962 Atlas, probably due to both better recording and a genuine spread.
World Distribution
Native of C. & S. Italy and Sicily.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.5
Annual Precipitation (mm): 855
Height (cm): 100
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1430
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 72
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 9
Atlas Change Index: 3.66
Weighted Changed Factor: 57
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
16
JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000460386
Atlas text references
Atlas (223a)