Linaria purpurea - purple spike flower for bees and humm birds

i think I’ve asked previously - I searched herein - can you help me identify this “weed”

It is in bloom now at the Vancouver BC coast

The bees and humm birds love it

It Seeds freely but not in a bad way (it’s easy to weed out if one must )

I’ll attach pix ... thank you in advance

 

Linaria purpurea

 

Thank you Ron B ... much appreciated

In addition to the fact that it’s appealing to bees and hummingbirds — AND easy to grow tho not overly invasive ... it ALSO does well w our wet winter and very dry summers (I don’t water the garden or lawn because we have restrictions which I don’t mind at all)

 

Native to Italy, so no surprise it takes well to hot dry summers and mild wet winters.