Description: This is an herbaceous perennial garden plant which is increasingly seen on roadsides or rubbish dumps, presumably derived from garden throw-outs. The plant has very narrow leaves and fairly dense spikes of small snapdragon-like flowers which are usually purple but sometimes pink.

All names: Linaria purpurea (L.) Miller

Distribution Map from NBN: Linaria purpurea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Linaria purpurea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.