Linaria dalmatica (Introduced)

Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill., Gard. dict. ed. 8: Linaria no. 13. 1768. (Syn: (≡) Antirrhinum dalmaticum L. (basionym); Linaria dalmatica subsp. macedonica (Griseb.) D.A.Sutton; Linaria dalmatica var. macedonica (Griseb.) Vandas; Linaria dalmatica var. smithii (Boiss. & Orph.) Nyman; Linaria dalmatica var. thessala (Formánek) D.Delipavlov &
M.Popova; Linaria dalmatica subsp. thessala Form.; (≡) Linaria genistifolia subsp. dalmatica (L.) Maire & Petitm.; Linaria genistifolia var. macedonica (Griseb.) Maire &
Petitmengin; Linaria macedonica Griseb.; Linaria smithii Boiss. & Orph. ex Boiss.; Linaria zangezura Grossh.); 
Albania, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia &
Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, S-Italy, C-Europe (I), E-Germany (I),
Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Inner Anatolia),
Iran (N-Iran, W-Iran), Pakistan (Baluchistan), Jammu & Kashmir,
USA (I) (Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut
(I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Massachusetts
(I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Montana (I), North Dakota (I),
Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New
York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island
(I), South Dakota (I), Utah (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin
(I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I),
New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I),
Saskatchewan (I)), Argentina (I) as per Catalogue of life;
 
Balkan toadflax, Broadleaf toadflax, Dalmatian toadflax; 
 
 

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Shankeracharya-IMG_4804-Kashmir-3.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Shankeracharya-IMG_4810-Kashmir-1.jpg
Linaria dalmatica from Shankeracharya hill Kashmir: Linaria dalmatica, commonly found in Kashmir at many places, photographed from Shankeracharya hill, Srinagar Kashmir.

Very beautiful.
Family : Plantaginaceae
I observed some projection in the flowers in Google searched images. Is it the nectary?

 

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Kashmir-b.jpg

 

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Kashmir-c.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Kashmir-b.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Linaria-dalmatica-Kashmir-a.jpg
Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Linaria dalmatica from Kashmir-GS-5 :  Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author.

Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill., Gard. dict. ed. 8: Linaria no. 13. 1768
Common names
English: Balkan toadflax, Broadleaf toadflax, Dalmatian toadflax  
German: Dalmatiner Leinkraut
Glabrous perennial herb with up to 5 cm long leaves, nearly 4 times as long as wide; corolla yellow with orange bearded palate, up to 2 inch long with straight up to 2.5 cm long spur.  
A native of Temperate Asia (Iran, Turkey) and Europe, widely naturalized in many parts of Kashmir valley, particularly Gulmarg, Tangmarg and hills above Dal lake.  
Photographed from Gulmarg on 20 June and Hills above Cheshmashahi on June 26, 2010.

 

Gulmarg on 20 June and Hills above Cheshmashahi on June 26, 2010; Linaria dalmatica from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups

  

 
 
 
 
 
References:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *