[Toadflaxes: The Genus Linaria in Mt. Adams Country]

Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs

Linaria vulgaris

Synonym: Linaria linaria

Close-up ventral view of a flower of Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria)

The photo above is a close-up of the flower of butter and eggs as seen along Road #82 at the junction with Road #200 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........August 26, 2005.
Where This Species Has Been Seen on Mt. Adams:

1. Road #23 at the Mt. Adams Viewpoint (about one-half mile south of Road #8810)

2. Along Road #23 along the east side of Swampy Meadows (about one-half mile north of #1)

3. Road #82 at Road #200 (north route to King Mt.)

Close-up sideview of a flower of Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria)

The photo above is a close-up side-view of the flower of butter and eggs as seen along Road #82 at the junction with Road #200 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams...........August 26, 2005. The 2-lipped corolla and long spur are clearly visible.

Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria) - Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria) - Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria)

Close-up view of the inflorescence of Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria) - Close-up view of the inflorescence of Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria)

Additional photos of butter and eggs as seen along Forest Road #23 just east of Swampy Meadows, Gifford Pinchot National Forest............August 30, 2012.

Close-up image of the inflorescence of Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Greater Butter-and-Eggs: Linaria vulgaris (Synonym: Linaria linaria)

The photo above is another view of the flowers and upper stem leaves of butter and eggs as seen along Road #82 at the junction with Road #200 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........August 26, 2005. The leaves are soft, linear in shape and measure 2-5 cm long and 2-4 mm wide.
Paul Slichter