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Linaria incarnata (Vent.) Spreng.
Family Plantaginaceae
Linaria incarnata (Vent.) Spreng. APNI*

Description: Erect annual herb, 15–60 cm high, glabrous except for glandular hairs on inflorescence.

Leaves linear, 2–4.5 cm long, 0.5–4 mm wide, apex attenuate.

Inflorescence many-flowered, lax in flower, very lax in fruit; bracts 2–5 mm long; pedicels erect, 4–9 mm long. Sepals 4–5 mm long. Corolla 5–10 mm long, reddish purple to pink with yellow palate; spur slightly decurved, 8–10 mm long; mouth ± open exposing pilose palate; upper and lower lips greatly recurved, upper lip longest.

Capsule oblong-ellipsoid, 4–5.5 mm long.


Flowering: winter–spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in disturbed sites; in isolated localities but not common. Native of Portugal & Spain.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *NWP, *SFWP
AVH map***

Text by W. R. Barker
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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