Plant Details

Accepted name:: Linaria vulgaris Mill. [Plantaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Linaria vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Linaria vulgaris subsp. chinensis (Bunge ex Debeaux) D.Y.Hong

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
butter and eggs	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butter-and-egg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butter-and-eggs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
butterandeggs	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common toadflax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flaxweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
greater butter-and-eggs	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gulsporre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
l'nânka obyknovennaâ	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leinkraut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
linaire vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
linaria vulgaris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
liu chuan yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ramsted	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
toad flax	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
toadflax	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild snapdragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow toadflax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
柳穿鱼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Antirrhinum linaria L. Sp. Pl.: 616 (1753).
Antirrhinum vulgare (Mill.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 322 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Linaria linaria (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 947 (1882), not validly publ.
Peloria linaria (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 156 (1840).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Linaria vulgaris	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Linaria vulgaris Mill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Linaria vulgaris Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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