Native to Morocco, linaria or toadflax is an upright, branching annual that typically grows to 9-18” tall. Features long-spurred, two-lipped, miniature snapdragon-like flowers in upright-terminal racemes. Species flowers are purple-violet with a yellow blotch on the palate. Cultivars extend the color range to include shades of lavender, yellow, orange, pink, red and white, usually with contrasting color blotches on the palates.
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