Linaria repens (L.) Mill.

Glabrous perennial with slender creeping rhizomes; stems branched, to c. 60 cm tall. Lvs 2–4 cm × 1.5–4 mm, linear, probably mostly or always glaucous; apex acute. Infl. lax, few-flowered. Pedicels 2–5 mm long; bracts linear, nearly as long as pedicels. Calyx c. 2 mm long, lobed to base; lobes lanceolate, subacute. Corolla 10–16 mm long (including straight spur 2–4 mm long), pale mauve or whitish with darker purplish veins (appearing striated); pouch puberulent, probably orange; upper lip c. 4 mm long. Capsules not seen. Seed 1–2 mm long, rugose, 3-angled, scarcely winged.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Apr.–Jun.