Plantaginaceae
Annual toadflax
Linaria maroccana
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- كتانية مراكشية
- arz
- كتانيه مراكشيه
- azb
- مراکش ماهمیزجاسی
- Azerbaijani
- Mərakeş mahmızcası
- Bulgarian
- Мароканска луличка
- Chinese
- 摩洛哥柳穿鱼
- English
- Annual toadflax, Moroccan toadflax
- Russian
- Льнянка марокканская
- Swedish
- Färgsporre
- Welsh
- Llin-y-llyffant Moroco
Flowers
- In flower
- February to October (from 70 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

Photo: antoine2684, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katharine Khamhaengwong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: t0nb0, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: t0nb0, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: oleg_kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: sylvain_eichhorn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: sylvain_eichhorn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sylvain_eichhorn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Striped toadflaxLinaria repensPlantaginaceae
- Lesser butter and eggsLinaria supinaPlantaginaceae
- Clovenlip toadflaxLinaria bipartitaPlantaginaceae
- Purple toadflaxLinaria purpureaPlantaginaceae
- Linaria japonicaPlantaginaceae
- Linaria ricardoiPlantaginaceae
- Linaria triornithophoraPlantaginaceae
- Linaria amethysteaPlantaginaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.