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APG-Fam.: Plantaginaceae / Plantain Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.  

Genus:  Linaria  MILL.

Linaria caesia and Linaria supina are similar plants native to the Western Mediterranean. According to 'Flora Europaea' and 'Flora Iberica', the main differences are as follows:

Linaria supina Linaria caesia
Corolla reddish-brown stripes missing or pale,    
but sometimes tinged violet 		with reddish-brown stripes
Inflorescence     mostly glandular-hairy glabrous or sparsely glandular-hairy
Sepals oblanceolate oblong, elliptical
to rarely oblanceolate
Seeds not metallic-lustrous metallic-lustrous


Authors:
   LAG.:  Mariano Lagasca y Segura (1776 - 1839), Spanish physician and botanist
   PERS.:  Christian Hendrik Persoon (1761 - 1836), European mycologist and botanist
   F.DIETR.:  Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich (1768 - 1850), German botanist
   MILL.:  Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
 

Etymology:
   Linaria:   Linum-like (leaf)
   caesia:   bluish grey
   supina:   bended backward
 

Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Corbières, Bugarach 1.5.2005
Fig. 1:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Corbières, Bugarach 1.5.2005
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Causse du Larzac 14.5.2007
Fig. 2:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Causse du Larzac 14.5.2007
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Causse du Larzac 14.5.2007
Fig. 3:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Causse du Larzac 14.5.2007
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Fig. 4:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Fig. 5:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Clue de Chabrieres 12.5.2007
Fig. 6:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Clue de Chabrieres 12.5.2007
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Clue de Chabrieres 12.5.2007
Fig. 7:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Clue de Chabrieres 12.5.2007
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 8:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 9:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 10:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 11:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax (another site)
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 12:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 13:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, F Carcassonne 10.4.2004
Fig. 14:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
F Carcassonne 10.4.2004
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013
Fig. 15:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013
Fig. 16:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013
Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax, I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013
Fig. 17:  Linaria caesia / Prostrate Toadflax
I Liguria, Sassello 25.5.2013

 


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