Linaria vulgaris
Common Toadflax
Common toadflax, also known as yellow toadflax or butter-and-eggs, is a perennial flowering plant. It has short spreading roots and erect to decumbent stems that grow 15–90 cm high. The leaves are fine, threadlike, and glaucous blue-green, ranging from 2–6 cm long and 1–5 mm broad. The flowers are similar to snapdragons, measuring 25–33 mm long, with pale yellow petals and an orange tip at the lower end. The flowers are borne in dense terminal racemes from mid-summer to mid-autumn and are primarily pollinated by bumblebees. The fruit is a globose capsule containing numerous small seeds.
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Lamiales
Plantaginaceae
Linaria
The plant contains compounds that are believed to have diuretic and fever-reducing properties. However, it may be mildly toxic to livestock.
Common toadflax is sometimes cultivated for cut flowers, which are long-lasting in the vase. It has been used in folk medicine for various ailments, including as a laxative and diuretic. A tea made from the leaves was used for jaundice, dropsy, and enteritis with drowsiness. For skin diseases and piles, either a leaf tea or an ointment made from the flowers was used. Additionally, a milk-based tea has been used as an insecticide.
Mid-summer to mid-autumn
15–90 cm
Pale yellow with orange tips
Common toadflax is widespread on ruderal spots, along roads, in dunes, and on disturbed and cultivated land.
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