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Linaria maroccana
Also called Moroccan toadflax, Baby Snapdragon, Maroccan Toadflax
Annual Toadflax (Linaria maroccana) is a small, erect annual from Morocco with violet-purple snapdragon-like flowers, widely grown in flower gardens. It is easy from seed and does best sown directly in cool weather in full sun.
Linaria maroccana is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names annual toadflax and Moroccan toadflax. It is endemic to Morocco.
It is an annual herb growing erect to a height of 40 cm (16 in), its stem with linear to elliptic leaves 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. At the base of each flower is a calyx with five narrow, pointed lobes. The flower is 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) long with five lobes arranged into two lips with a straight spur at the back. The flower is violet-purple, with a small yellow or white spot near the throat.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linaria maroccana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
