Small purple flower id

Hi All
i'm hoping one or more of you helpful people on here can ientify a flower/weed i found in my garden.
i was about to pull it up, but thought i'd wait for the flowers to bloom to have a look at them. They arent like the normal weeds i find in my garden it is about 12 - 18 ins in height, and i think the flowers are quite pretty

 

Looks like Linaria purpurea. Common name Purple toadflax.
I love it. Seeds around but not a problem.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=linaria%20purpurea&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1242&bih=529

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaria_purpurea

 

Hi Silver surfer,
thanks for very fast ID, ithink thats the one i have a couple more questions if you dont mind?
So is this a weed? and if not can i move it somewhere else like to a border of my garden, at the moment its just growing in the patch where my shed was moved from
Thanks again
Gill

 

A weed is just a plant in the wrong place.
I don't concider this a weed.
Young plants can be transplanted easily. Not sure how bigger ones would cope. Worth a try.

 

I think it will move as easily as most other perennials. Even if it doesn't, it tends to seed pretty freely.

 

Thanks both for your comments