what's this flower?

[newshootNic]

hello!
Saw this unidentified flower at Wisley, lovely ferny foliage. Can anyone put me out of my misery please?
Thank you!

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[gertie]

Looks rather like a Toadflax Nic, but am no expert. When did you visit Wisley? I love the place

[Owdboggy]

Looks like Veronica spicata to me.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Owdboggy.

[newshootNic]

would it happen to be a Linaria purpurea?

[newshootNic]

thanks guys. Gosh, I visited Wisley a couple of years ago now, but I was looking through my photos (fruitlessly trying to put them in some kind of order ha ha) and I was reminded of this lovely flower that I never managed to find the name of…All the flowers around it had little labels but not this one!
Appreciate your help Owdboggy and gertie

[gertie]

Toadflax is a Linaria purpurea … the ferny leaf description foxed me to begin with
It’s been a few years since we went…I want to revisit now

[newshootNic]

yes, I think ferny was not accurate, what I should have said was ‘whorled’.. I think that’s the right expression! But I agree with you Gertie, it’s a Linaria! Thank you!!!!!

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