Plantaginaceae
Common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Linaria
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- أبو قالس, حباحب, سيسم, فحم ذئب, قرشيه, محاجم, مخلصة, مكنسة
- Catalan
- Linaire commune, Palometa
- Chinese
- 柳穿鱼, 欧洲柳穿鱼
- English
- Common toadflax, Butter and eggs, Yellow toadflax
- Finnish
- Kannusruoho
- French
- Chasse-venin, Linaire commune, Linaire sauvage
- German
- Frauenflachs, Gemeines Leinkraut, Gewöhnliches Leinkraut, Kleines Löwenmaul, Linaire commune
- hsb
- Swjateje marijny len, Žonjace zelo
- Lithuanian
- Linaire commune
- Macedonian
- Обичен ленолист
- Russian
- Собачки
- Spanish
- Lino montesino
- Swedish
- Gulsporreblomma, Linaire commune, Sporreblomma
- Ukrainian
- Malus, Яблуні, Яблучне дерево
Synonyms
- Antirrhinum genistifolium Lapeyr.
- Antirrhinum linaria L.
- Antirrhinum vulgare (Mill.) Gray
- Linaria linaria (L.) H.Karst.
- Peloria linaria (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 10,611 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jckowal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Sankey, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.