Linaria purpurea (L.) Mill., 1768 33% complete

Purple toadflax

Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Linaria purpurea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Mill. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1768 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Purple toadflax No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations C. & S. Italy to Sicilia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 52 cm
  • 51.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 161, 174, 178, 500
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 161, 174, 178, 220
Sourced
Flower color purple
  • purple · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 95 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration empty Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record