Kiowa Conservation District
PO BOX 688/ 7519 E. Hwy 86, Franktown, CO

303-621-2070 ext. 101

Helping People Help The Land in Elbert County Colorado

Home Products Services Financial Assistance Flood Control Dams Grass Seed Mosquito Larvacide Noxious Weeds Seedling Tree Program Tips and Links

Yellow Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris

Sometimes called butter and eggs, this plant reaches 1 to 2' tall, reproducing by seed and underground rootstocks.  Leaves are pale green, numerous, narrow, pointed at both ends, 2 1/2 inches or more long.  Flowers are 1 inch long with a bearded, orange throat and spur-like appendages.  Fruit is round, 1/4 inch in diameter, brown, 2-celled, with many seeds.  Seeds are dark brown to black, 1/12 inch diameter, flattened with a papery circular wing.

It is found in rangelands, roadsides, waste places, and cultivated fields.  An extensive root system makes this plant difficult to control.