Toadflax on the bypass
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Toadflax on the bypass
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 20 Sep 2020
This is common toadflax, Linaria vulgaris, seen growing on the verge of the A444 Jimmy Hill Way in September 2020. For more on toadflax, see the Wildlife Trust site https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/common-toadflax and Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaria_vulgaris , which comments that this plant is ruderal, a coloniser of recently disturbed ground. It is native to Britain.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.44804
Longitude
-1.499109