Linaria vulgaris Mill.

Much-branched perennial with stout rootstock or rhizome; stems many, to c. 60 cm tall, glabrous or sometimes puberulent. Lvs 2–5 cm × c. 1.5–(5) mm, linear, glabrous, glaucous; apex acute. Infl. dense and many-flowered. Bracts linear to lanceolate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, > pedicels. Calyx 3–5 mm long, deeply lobed; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla 25–35 mm long (including the narrow spur 10–15 mm long), yellow with broad orange patch on and around pouch; upper lip 15–20 mm long. Capsule 8–10 × 5–7 mm, ellipsoid. Seed 1.5–2 mm diam. (including broad wing), broad-ellipsoid to orbicular, black, minutely tuberculate.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.