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

Genus:  Linaria  MILL.

Linaria supina and Linaria caesia 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:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   CHAZ.:  Laurent Marie Chazelles de Prizy (1724 - 1808), French physician and botanist
   MILL.:  Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
 

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

Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, E Picos de Europa, Puerto de San Glorio 13.8.2012
Fig. 1:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
E Picos de Europa, Puerto de San Glorio 13.8.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, E Asturia Llanes 12.8.2012
Fig. 2:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
E Asturia Llanes 12.8.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, E Asturia Llanes 12.8.2012
Fig. 3:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
E Asturia Llanes 12.8.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, E Pyrenees, Castellar de N'Hug 5.8.2018
Fig. 4:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
E Pyrenees, Castellar de N'Hug 5.8.2018
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, E Pyrenees, Castellar de N'Hug 5.8.2018
Fig. 5:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
E Pyrenees, Castellar de N'Hug 5.8.2018
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 6:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 7:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 8:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 9:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 10:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 15.10.2011
Fig. 11:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 15.10.2011
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 12:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 28.7.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 13:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 28.7.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 14:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 28.7.2012
Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 15:  Linaria supina / Prostrate Toadflax
D Kehl 28.7.2012

 


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