Linaria maroccana

Spurred Snapdragon, Moroccan toadflax, annual toadflax

Message of the Flower

Expressive Silence

The Mother’s Comment

Certain silences are revealing and more expressive than words.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Silence: the condition of the being when it listens to the Divine.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Silence

In silence lies the greatest receptivity. And in an immobile silence the vastest action is done.

Let us learn to be silent so that the Lord may make use of us.

The Mother, Some Answers from the Mother: 19 December 1971

With words one can at times understand, but only in silence one knows.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Silence

This power of silence is a capacity and not an incapacity, a power and not a weakness. It is a profound and pregnant stillness. Only when the mind is thus entirely still, like clear, motionless and level water, in a perfect purity and peace of the whole being and the soul transcends thought, can the Self which exceeds and originates all activities and becomings, the Silence from which all words are born, the Absolute of which all relativities are partial reflections manifest itself in the pure essence of our being. In a complete silence only is the Silence heard; in a pure peace only is its Being revealed. Therefore to us the name of That is the Silence and the Peace.

Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga - I: The Purified Understanding

Colour

In shades of blue, pink, purple, and gold

Family

Scrophulariacea

Cultivars

Fairy Bouquet'

Person who named the flower

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Flower Size

2–4 cm

Flower Texture

Smooth

Number of Petals

Five

Floral Symmetry

Bilaterally symmetrical

Fragrance of Flower

Not specified

Leaf Texture

Linear, smooth

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate

Leaf Color

Green

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous annual

Life Cycle

Annual

Blooming Period

Spring to early summer

Climate

Native to Morocco but adaptable

Water Requirements

Medium, prefers even moisture

Soil Type

Well-drained, humusy to sandy loam

Temperature Ranges

Best in cool to moderate temperatures, fades in high heat

Sun or Shade

Full sun to part shade

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Susceptible to aphids; downy mildew, white smut, and anthracnose can occur

Pollinators

Bees and butterflies

Habitat

Ornamental in various regions

Role in the Ecosystem

Provides nectar for pollinators

Quotations

Not available

Ornamental

Not used

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Not endangered

Endangered Status

Tolerant of a range of conditions but prefers cool summers and well-drained soils