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Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax, Butter and Eggs)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 33216

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Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Scrophulariales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Linaria Species: Linaria vulgaris

Common Names add Yellow Toadflax edit | delete Flaxweed edit | delete Jacob's Ladder edit | delete Ramsted edit | delete Wild Snapdragon edit | delete Butter and Eggs edit | delete Greater Butter-and-Eggs edit | delete Common Toadflax edit | delete Plant Types edit Perennial Weed Wildflower   Zones / Hardiness edit 2a (to -45 F / -43 C) 2b (to -40 F / -40 C) 3a (to -35 F / -37 C) 3b (to -30 F / -34 C) 4a (to -25 F / -32 C) 4b (to -20 F / -29 C) 5a (to -15 F / -26 C) 5b (to -10 F / -23 C) 6a (to -5 F / -21 C) 6b (to 0 F / -18 C) 7a (to 5 F / -15 C) 7b (to 10 F / -12 C) 8a (to 15 F / -9 C) 8b (to 20 F / -7 C) 9a (to 25 F / -4 C) 9b (to 30 F / -1 C)   Height (Maximum) edit 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm)   Spread (Maximum) edit < 6 inches (< 15 cm)   Flowering Start edit Summer   Flowering End edit   Leaf Colour edit Green - Medium   Leaf Shape edit   Have you a suggestion for a plant property that we are missing? Please let us know. Suitable For edit   Sun Exposure edit Full Sun Partial Shade   Soil Types edit Well-drained   Soil pH edit   Bloom Colour edit Orange Yellow/Gold   Wildlife Value edit Bees   Propagation Techniques edit Seed   Skill Level edit   Additional Short Notes add For longer notes please use the Opinions area below Ask a Question about this Plant on our Forums

Members who grow this plant also grow...   Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie)   Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed)   Eupatorium purpureum (Sweetscented Joe-Pie weed, Kidney-root)   Verbascum thapsus (Mullein, Common Mullein, Great Mullein) Contributors For This Plant FlowerFreak22 (9625) Netty (13946) Frank (2698) Kay (765) Gardens Containing This Plant FlowerFreak22's Garden Link To This Plant Copy and paste one of the codes below to your favourite forum or website in order to link to this plant: Forum link Direct link HTML code

Add Your Opinion About This Plant Kay (765) wrote on Feb 08 2010 Rating for this plant: Pretty yellow flowers, but this one will rapidly spread to take over your garden!! I like this opinion 1 person likes this opinion Note: please don't use this box to post questions, you can do that on our forums instead.

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Other names for this plant:
Linaria linaria



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