Summary ³

Linaria vulgaris (common toadflax, yellow toadflax, or butter-and-eggs) is a species of toadflax (Linaria), native to most of Europe, northern Asia, the United Kingdom, Spain, east to eastern Siberia, and western China. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America.

How to recognize it? ⁴

Snapdragon-like flower with orange throat. Narrow, pale green leaves pointed at both ends with smooth edges. Grow to 60cm (2 ft).

Observations in Banff National Park ⁵

https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=38602&taxon_id=50790&place_id=any&verifiable=any

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Arnstein Rønning, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linaria_vulgaris_.jpg
2. (c) bioblitzbanff, all rights reserved
3. Adapted by bioblitzbanff from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaria_vulgaris
4. (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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