Glabrous annual; stems trailing, rooting at the nodes, 1–4 dm; lvs long-petioled, suborbicular in outline, with 3–7 shallow lobes; fls solitary in the axils on long slender pedicels; cor blue with yellow palate, 7–10 mm, the spur obtuse, 2–3 mm; fr 3–4 mm thick; 2n=14. Native of Eurasia, often escaped from cult. in our range. Summer. (C. cymbalaria; Linaria cymbalaria)
A small herb. Stems form roots as they spread. It grows 5 cm high and spreads 20-50 cm wide. They leaves are rounded to kidney shaped. They are 12 mm long and have 5-9 lobes. The flowers have 5 petals and are purple with a yellow throat. They are 12 mm wide.