Linaria altaica

Linaria altaica is a species of flowering plant that was described by Fisher and Carl Friedrich von Ledebour. Linaria altaica belongs to the genus Linaria, in the family Plantaginaceae. It has no listed subspecies.

Distribution and habitat

It can be found in Russia, in East European Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Altai and Tuva, and also in Kazakhstan and Mongolia. It is present mostly in mountainous terrain.

Description

Perennial glabrous plant with 30 stems tall, branched in the lower parts, rather densely leafy. Its 4-6 leaves apart are linear, long and broad, fleshy, semicylindrical, ribbed at base, subobtuse. Inflorescence lax, long, 2–8-flowered. Pedicels mostly long. Calyx subglabrous, with isolated glandular hairs at base and along margins of lobes. Corolla light yellow, long, with two orange stripes in throat; spur slender, pointed, straight or slightly curved, long. Capsule globose or slightly elongated, in diameter. Seeds smooth, with membranous margin, long.