Nuttallanthus texanus
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Latin Name: Nuttallanthus texanus
- Family: Plantaginaceae
- Common Names: blue toadflax, Texas toadflax, wild toadflax, large-flowered toadflax.
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Linaria canadensis var. texanus, Linaria texana
- Codon: NUTCAN
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Taxonomy
| Nuttallanthus texanus' | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Nuttallanthus D.A. Sutton |
| Species: | Nuttallanthus texanus (Scheele) D.A. Sutton |
Description
Native or biennial herb, growing upright, 1-6 dm. tall. Produces decumbent side shoots which do no flower.
Cauline and basal leaves are narrow to obtuse, and glabrous.
Inflorescence glandular-puberulent, flowers blue to violet, borne alternately in a raceme.
Sepals 5, basally connate.
Each corolla is bilabiate with a smaller upper lip and a tri-lobed lower lip with a slender, curved nectar spur. There is a white ridge in the center of the lower corolla lobe. [1]
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References
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
