Linaria vulgaris

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Noun1.Linaria vulgaris - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowersLinaria vulgaris - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, toadflax, wild snapdragon
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Linaria, Linaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
blue toadflax, Linaria canadensis, old-field toadflax - North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
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In preliminary studies, Irwin's team found that scarlet gilia set more seed when mixed with another robbery target, butter-and-eggs or Linaria vulgaris, than when gilias grow alone.
Isn't It a Bloomin' Crime?
Its scientific name, Linaria vulgaris, was given in 1768, and derives from the Latin for flax (linum), because of its foliage, and vulgaris for common.
Butter-and-eggs: roadside weed finds favor as garden flower
Handling Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis) or the snapdragon-like butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris) presented no hardship.
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