Linaria vulgaris, Antirrhinum linaria, SE: Gulsporre,
DE: Gewöhnliches Leinkraut, NL: Vlasbekje,
UK: Yellow toadflax, Butter and eggs

Scientific name:		Linaria vulgaris Mill.
Synonym name:		Antirrhinum linaria L.
Swedish name:		Gulsporre, flugblomster, flugblommor, gulsporreblomma, sporreblomma
German name:		Gewöhnliches Leinkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Vlasbekje
English name:		Yellow toadflax, Butter and eggs, wild snapdragon, common toadflax, ramsted, flaxweed, Jacob's ladder
Family:		Scrophulariaceae, Figwort family, Lejongapsväxter

Life form:		Perennial herb
Stems:		Height 15- 100 cm; erect, hairless, generally un-branched; mature plants may have 1 to 25 stems
Leaves:		Alternate but may appear opposite on the lower stem due to crowding; narrowly lanceolate; gray-green, soft, very numerous
Flowers:		bright yellow, alternately in dense spikes at the ends of stems and have a long spur extending from the base that is usually as long as the flower itself – in all, 2 to 3.5 cm long.
Flowering Period:		July, August, September
Fruits:		Capsule, elongated ovoid; seeds are winged, disk-shaped, dark brown to black
Habitat:		Roadsides
Distribution:		Throughout the country

Derivation of the botanical name: Linaria, Greek linum, flax; referring to the flax-like leaves. vulgaris, common. Antirrhinum, from Greek anti (αντι), "like," and rhis (ριϛ, ινοϛ), "nose", inus (-ινοϛ), probably referring to the nose-like capsule in its mature state. The standard author abbreviation Mill. is used to indicate Philip Miller (1691 – 1771), a Scottish botanist. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Flowers are identical to Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller (Dalmatian toadflax), but leaf shape differs between the two plants.