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butter-and-eggs, common name for a plant of the family Scrophulariaceae (figwort figwort, common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over all continents. The family includes a few climbing types and some parasitic and saprophytic forms. ..... Click the link for more information. family) and sometimes for other yellow-and-orange flowers. Butter-and-eggs plants are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Scrophulariales, family Scrophulariaceae. butter-and-eggsor toadflaxCommon perennial herbaceous plant (Linaria vulgaris) of the snapdragon family, native to Eurasia and widely naturalized in North America. The plant bears flaxlike leaves and showy yellow and orange flowers that are two-lipped and spurred like snapdragons. |
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The researchers succeeded in tracking down the mixta gene because when they bred mixta snapdragons with wild snapdragons, they first obtained petals with both flat and pointed cells that corresponded to dull and bright coloration. |
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wild snapdragon
