''Linaria alpina'', sometimes called alpine toadflax, is a purple-flowered plant native to mountainous areas of southern and central Europe. It belongs to the family Plantaginaceae (plantain family; unrelated to the fruit). It is found in many mountain ranges in

southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

and central Europe from the Sierra de Gredos and the Montes de León in Spain to the mountains of the

Balkan Peninsula The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

including the

Jura mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...

Alps, Pyrenees, and central

Apennines The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...

. It is an early colonist of recently exposed and unconsolidated glacial moraine. In contrast to other members of the genus, ''L. alpina'' has purple flowers, with orange lobes in the centre (in some forms, these are also purple).

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Linaria alpina in Topwalks
alpina Alpine flora Flora of the Alps Taxa named by Philip Miller Flora of the Carpathians Flora of the Pyrenees {{Plantaginaceae-stub