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Linaria bipartita is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name clovenlip toadflax. It is native to Morocco, but it can be found elsewhere as an introduced species and it is cultivated as an ornamental plant. [1] It is an annual herb growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall with linear leaves 3 to 5 centimeters in length.
Common toadflax or butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris), a European species which is widely introduced elsewhere and grows as a common weed in some areas. [ 1 ] Broomleaf toadflax or Dalmatian toadflax ( Linaria genistifolia , syn. L. dalmatica ), a native of southeast Europe that has become a weed in parts of North America.
The most prominent insect that aids in the suppression of L. dalmatica growth is the toadflax stem-mining weevil. The toadflax stem weevil has been vital in the disruption of nutrient and water transport as larvae laid by the toadflax stem weevil feed on the stem while the developed adults feed on the leaves. The disruption of the resources ...
The Antirrhineae include about 30 genera with roughly 320 species, of which 150 are in genus Linaria.The type genus is Antirrhinum L. [4] [5]. Antirrhineae are probably most closely related to the turtlehead tribe and/or a large and badly resolved core group of their family including plants as diverse as water-starworts (Callitriche), foxgloves (Digitalis), and speedwell (Veronica).
They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2] They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa. Antirrhinum species are widely used as ornamental plants in borders and as cut flowers.
The members of this genus are known in English as toadflax, a name shared with several other related genera. The scientific name honors Thomas Nuttall. The North American species do not appear to form interspecific hybrids at all. The most common mode of reproduction is self-fertilization, with occasional fertilization by another plant of the ...
Rhinusa antirrhini, known generally as toadflax seedhead weevil, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. Other common names include the toadflax capsule weevil and seed-gall weevil .
Eupithecia linariata, the toadflax pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe and from Anatolia to Tajikistan and Iran. [2] Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6. The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The moth flies from April to October depending on the location. There is one generation per year.