Plantaginaceae
Lesser butter and eggs
Linaria supina
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
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Common names
By language (9)
- Basque
- Itsasoko igitai-belar
- Catalan
- Violeta de pastor
- Chinese
- 小柳穿鱼
- Dutch
- Liggende leeuwenbek
- English
- Lesser butter and eggs
- Finnish
- Rentokannusruoho
- German
- Niederliegendes Leinkraut
- Swedish
- Bleksporre
- Welsh
- Llin-y-llyffant gorweddol
Synonyms
- Antirrhinum supinum L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Annual toadflaxLinaria maroccanaPlantaginaceae
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- Purple toadflaxLinaria purpureaPlantaginaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.