Linaria vulgaris.
Loyal.
The distinctive
flowers of this dense-spiked Linaria
plant resemble bright yellow snapdragons with an orange centre. Toadflax grows
in hedgebanks, waste places and sunny slopes. The old medicinal herb is still
used to some extent today in the treatment of jaundice and other liver
diseased, dropsy and skin sores and ulcers. Its name comes from the once common
presence as a weed of flax. Called 'Krotenflacks' in Germany, this was
translated as Toadflax.
The definition of loyal:
Steadfast in allegiance to one's homeland, government, or sovereign. Faithful
to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty. I read a news item last month about
a loyal dog, who returned alone
every day to the church where he used to attend with his owner. He sat there
patiently, waiting for her to return, even attending her funeral. The priest,
who had recently lost a dog of his own, allowed the German Shepherd to sit
quietly beside the pulpit until the service was over, then let him out.
Proverb: Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
