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Butter and eggs, Common Toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

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Linaria vulgaris

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Butter-and-eggs

Linaria vulgaris

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Latimeria
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Comments (3)
ReannaDee
Oh thanks for the help with ID'ing this. :)
Latimeria
Good eye Dan! The flowers are similar to Snapdragon, but it's actually Linaria vulgaris. It's an introduced species from Eurasia. I'm not sure why it's called butter-and-eggs....I don't see the resemblance.
Dan Doucette
I think its a snapdragon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon

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PublishedMay 28, 2011

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