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Close up of a pretty yellow wildflower, common toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. It belongs to the figwort family, which includes snapdragons and foxgloves. Common toadflax is native to Europe and western Asia, and introduced into the Americas and Australia. Toadflax is little referred to in British folk medicine, being as likely to cause illness as to effect a cure. Subject in focus at right, copy space at left.

Pretty yellow wildflower, common toadflax ((Linaria vulgaris), in an English summer meadow. Toadflax belongs to the figwort family, which includes snapdragons and foxgloves. Common toadflax is native to Europe and western Asia, and introduced into the Americas and Australia. Toadflax is little referred to in British folk medicine, being as likely to cause illness as to effect a cure.

Close up of a pretty yellow wildflower, common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) growing in an English summer meadow. Other common names for common toadflax include bride-weed, flaxweed, yellow rod, yellow toadflax and wild snapdragon. Face on, the flowers might be thought to resemble the mouth of a toad, or a dragon, and pressing the sides together will cause the 'mouth' to snap open.

Linaria can be either hardy annuals or perennials and vary in height from 15 cm to 1.2 m. They have lance shaped leaves and carry flowers that are similar to those of snapdragon. They bloom from the end of spring through to the middle of summer and have flowers of many colors including orange, purple, blue and yellow. Some of the common names for Linaria include Toadflax, Baby Snapdragon, Spurred snapdragon and Butter and Eggs.

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