Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris
Description
Medium to tall tufted plant, with a creeping, rhizomatous root stock; stems numerous, erect, hairless or glandular hairy above, usually branched in the upper half. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptical, 1 veined, crowded, mostly alternate. Flowers bright to pale yellow, 25 to 33 mm, in a long dense raceme, the spur 10 to 13 mm long, straight.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassy habitats and waste ground, road verges and embankments.
When to see it
July to October.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Fairly frequent in Britain northwards as far as southern Scotland.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 200 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowJubilee Walk Leire21 August 2012
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester09 July 2015
Alan SemperEastwell, Waltham Rd verge18 August 2012
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill25 July 2015
Denise StrettonJubilee Walk, Leire02 August 2011
Ron.stevensKetton Quarry NR30 June 2011
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 Exit Slip Road from M69 to Sapcote SP 4655 9397 (taken 5.8.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote05 August 2007
Graham CalowJubilee Walk Leire27 September 2013
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire05 August 2011
Graham CalowKetton Quarry30 June 2011
Graham CalowEllistown27 June 2011
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire02 August 2011
Graham CalowEllistown19 August 2011
Alan SemperEastwell, Waltham Rd verge18 August 2012
Alan SemperEastwell, Waltham Rd verge18 August 2012
Ron.stevensKetton Quarry NR30 June 2011
Graham CalowRoad alongside M69, Elmesthorpe01 August 2016
 Exit Slip Road from M69 to Sapcote SP 4655 9397 (taken 5.8.2007).JPG)
