Blue toadflax

Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. March 2011.

Scientific name: Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D.A. Sutton

Common name(s): blue toadflax, Canada toadflax, old-field toadflax

Links: USDA PLANTS Profile , NPIN Profile, Go Botany

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Description:

-annual/biennial

-leaves are simple and entire

-opposite and alternate leaves

-flowers are light blue-white

-blooms May-July

Habitat:

-disturbed areas

-sandy soils

-meadows and fields

 

Sources:

Go Botany. “Nuttallanthus Canadensis (L.) D.A. Sutton.” Nuttallanthus Canadensis (Oldfield-Toadflax): Go Botany, 2020, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/nuttallanthus/canadensis/.

Wisconsin State Herbarium. “ Nuttallanthus Canadensis (L.) D.A.Sutton.” Online Virtual Flora of Wisconsin – Nuttallanthus Canadensis, wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu/taxa/index.php?taxon=13170.