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| − | * Latin Name: ''Nuttallanthus'' | + | * Latin Name: ''Nuttallanthus'' texanus |
* Family: Plantaginaceae | * Family: Plantaginaceae | ||
| − | * Common Names: | + | * Common Names: blue toadflax, Texas toadflax, wild toadflax, large-flowered toadflax. |
| − | * Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Linaria'' ''canadensis'' | + | * Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Linaria'' ''canadensis'' var. ''texanus, Linaria texana'' |
* Codon: NUTCAN | * Codon: NUTCAN | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | {{Taxobox | |
| − | + | | image = | |
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| − | + | | name = '''''Nuttallanthus texanus'''' | |
| − | + | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | |
| − | + | | subregnum = Tracheobionta | |
| − | + | | phylum = Spermatophyta | |
| − | + | | subphylum= Magnoliophyta | |
| − | + | | classis = Magnoliopsida | |
| + | | subclassis = Asteranae | ||
| + | | ordo = Lamiales | ||
| + | | familia = Plantaginaceae | ||
| + | | genus = '''''Nuttallanthus''''' D.A. Sutton | ||
| + | | species = ''''' Nuttallanthus texanus''''' (Scheele) D.A. Sutton | ||
| + | }} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | Native or biennial herb, growing upright, 1-6 dm. tall. Produces decumbent side shoots which do no flower. | ||
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| + | Cauline and basal leaves are narrow to obtuse, and glabrous. | ||
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| + | Inflorescence glandular-puberulent, flowers blue to violet, borne alternately in a raceme. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Sepals 5, basally connate. | ||
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| + | 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. <ref>Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants | ||
| + | of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen | ||
| + | State College Press.</ref> | ||
==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
Revision as of 13:38, 3 June 2020
- 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
Contents
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]
Bloom Period
Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
