| Description | Butter and Eggs Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) Produces showy spikes of yellow flowers. Can be come an aggressive spreading plant by seed. |
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| Plant Type | Weeds, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | Snapdragon-like, on a spike, with drooping spurs and an orange center, orange part of the flower is called a nectar guide |
| Leaves | thin, linear bluish green |
| Dimensions | 1-2 feet tall |
| Propagation | propagates by seeds |
| Misc Facts | The name Butter-and-Eggs comes from the coloration of the flower. The spurs and body of the flower are yellow with the yolk colored palate, center. When not in bloom the physical shape of the plant looks like flax. A spreading, alien plant. When the individual flower is pinched it opens wide like a frog’s mouth. Hence the name Toadflax. AKA: Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon, Common Toadflax, Ramsted, Flaxweed, Jacob's ladder |
| Author's Notes | This plant can be an aggressive spreader by seed. I let a small group grow in one of my gardens because of their nice flowers. Now they have spread into many places in the garden and are an aggressive weed. Lucky they are easy to pull. |
| Notes & Reference | #08- Peterson's Guide to Wild Flowers (Peterson McKenny), #14-Hedge Maids and Fairy Candles (Jack Sanders) |
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