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Linaria algarviana is a small annual toadflax with violet, yellow-palated flowers, endemic to the western Algarve in southern Portugal. It grows best in sunny, free-draining sandy or shale soils near the coast.
Linaria algarviana, commonly known as the Algarve toadflax (Portuguese: pombinhas-do-Algarve), is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, endemic to the Algarve region of southern Portugal. It was first described by the Swiss botanist Édouard-Louis Chavannes in 1833.
This species is native and restricted to the western Algarve (the Barlavento), primarily between Lagos and the Sagres peninsula. It inhabits clearings of xerophilic scrubland, coastal pastures, and sandy meadows. It is occasionally found in open pine forests and vineyards, almost exclusively on shale or sandy substrates near the coastline.
Alpine toadflax · Linaria altaica · Linaria amethystea · Sand Toadflax · Clovenlip toadflax · White Toadflax · Balkan Toadflax · Broomleaf toadflax · Annual Toadflax · Maltese toadflax · Purple Toadflax · Striped toadflax
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linaria algarviana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
