Key to Linaria
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(For a list of species in Linaria, use the above link.)
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2. Leaf lanceolate Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.
to
ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.
;
corolla 20–50 mm;
seed ± pyramid-shaped, ridged
..... L. dalmatica subsp. dalmatica 2' Leaf ±
linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
; corolla 18–32 mm; seed flat, winged
..... L. vulgaris 1' Corolla generally not yellow (except sometimes throat)
3. Perennial herb from
woody base;
leaf Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
linear to oblanceolate
..... [L. purpurea] 3' Annual; leaf linear to
elliptic In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear
4. Inflorescence glabrous; corolla violet,
throat swelling white with orange patch at base
..... L. bipartita 4' Inflorescence ± glandular-puberulent; corolla red-violet to magenta, throat swelling red, yellow, or white
5. Calyx lobes 1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.
lanceolate;
inflorescence open in
fruit; corolla 20–38 mm
..... L. maroccana
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