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| 31st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Somewhat straggly and un-tidy with a mass of narrow leaves. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Up to 80cm tall, with a few long and narrow leaves all along the stem, with pale coloured toad-flax shaped flowers near the top. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Likes walls, dry bare ground, grassy or waste places. |
| 31st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Viewed from above. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers have three white, rounded, lower lobes and two rounded upright lilac upper lobes with purple veins. There is a central nick that it has a splash of egg-yolk yellow. |
| 5th Sept 2011, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers congregate at top. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| A dull-coloured spur largely hidden descends a short distance behind the flower. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The yolky centre has a few hairs. |
| 31st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The spur on the flower is very short in comparison to that of Common Toadflax and whitish-green. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Narrow lanceolate leaves very like those of Purple Toadflax, but perhaps not as prolific |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves are in whorls of 2 to 5 up the stem, progresssing irregularly from five near the base to two nearer the top. |
| 21st Aug 2010, near Portland Basin, Ashton canal, M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Fruits are irregular containing four? seeds. Stem round, as shown by broken stem. |
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Hybridises with : Purple Toadflax, (Linaria purpurea) to produce
Some similarities to : other The flowers of toadflaxes are said to resemble a toads mouth, hence the name. because toadflaxes are mildly poisonous to livestock, these are regarded as toxic weeds. [However, the author has been un-successful at finding the identity of any poisonous substances within them apart from 'mildly poisonous glycosides']. In America Linaria species are invasive species. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |

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Linaria (Toadflaxes) |
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