French names:
Linaire vulgaire Family: Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae), (Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae)) Similar species: • Dalmation Toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) - Looks like a large Butter-and-eggs. Flowers: Summer; Yellow; Irregular flowers Habitat: Fields and Open Areas Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 48 Native/Non-native:
Non-native Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: vulgaris: common (Latin) For more information visit: Ontario Wildflowers Photographs:
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Butter-and-eggs flowers resemble those of the garden flower, Snap Dragon.
The flowers are yellow and white.
Photograph by Kim Sayers
Sometimes the flowers are clustered close together.
View of the underside of a flower.
A patch of Butter-and-eggs in a meadow.
Butter-and-eggs leaves.
Butter-and-eggs seed pods.
Looking inside a seed pod.
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