Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)

Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) is a perennial plant that can grow 10cm – 50cm tall and 10cm – 50cm wide.

This plant has several common names including: common toadflax, bread and butter, brideweed, bridewort, butter and eggs, butter haycocks, continental weed, dragon bushes, eggs and bacon, eggs and butter, false flax, flaxweed, gallweed, gallwort, imprudent lawyer, impudent lawyer, Jacob’s ladder, lion’s mouth, North American ramsted, rancid, ransted, wild flax, wild snapdragon, yellow rod or yellow toadflax.

This is a deciduous plant that takes 2-5 years to reach full maturity.

Plant profile

Common name: common toadflax, bread and butter, brideweed, bridewort, butter and eggs, butter haycocks, continental weed, dragon bushes, eggs and bacon, eggs and butter, false flax, flaxweed, gallweed, gallwort, imprudent lawyer, impudent lawyer, Jacob’s ladder, lion’s mouth, North American ramsted, rancid, ransted, wild flax, wild snapdragon, yellow rod, yellow toadflax
Scientific name: Linaria vulgaris
Plant type: Perennials
Habit: Columnar / Upright
Height: 10cm – 50cm
Spread: 10cm – 50cm
Foliage: Deciduous
Sunlight: Full Sun
Soil: Loam, Sand
Moisture: Well drained
Garden type: Informal Garden, Wildflower meadow, Wildlife Gardens
Planting type: Flower borders and bedding, Low Maintenance
Other characteristics: Plants for pollinators

Seasonal colors

How to plant Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) – Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cultivation profiles – Growing Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) – Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons