Butter And Eggs (Linaria vulgaris)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Bi-Color: Yellow to orangy-yellow
Bloom Size:	1"-2"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Uses:	Medicinal Herb Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator:	Ca (Calcium) Mg (Magnesium) Fe (Iron)
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Resistances:	Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Sow in situ Other info: may become invasive
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Root Other: may become invasive
Pollinators:	Bees

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Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 4, 2012 6:05 PM concerning plant:

Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.

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Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Aug 15, 2023 1:23 PM concerning plant:

I have seen this Butter-and-Eggs or Common Toadflax every so often. I have not really seen it in gardens but at roadsides, dry fields, and waste places in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Regions. It is native to Europe and made it to this country a long time ago, escaping into much of North America. It is a member of the Snapdragon Family and has such flowers, being yellow and orange, with clublike spikes and drooping spurs, blooming summer into fall. It has erect, thin, unbranched stems with thin, linear gray-green leaves.

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Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 26, 2011 3:54 AM concerning plant:

Plant's name came from observation that if you pick a flower and lay it on it's back you will see a remarkable resemblance to a young frog emerging from the tadpole stage, including a small tail.
Found near hedges in fields and waste places.

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Linaria Butter And Eggs (Linaria vulgaris)