DALMATIAN TOADFLAX
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Linaria dalmatica (L. ) P. Mill.
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| Osborne County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-3 feet |
| Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Erect, branching above, glabrous, waxy. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, sessile and clasping, ovate to lanceolate, 1 to 2 inches long, .5 to 1.5 inch wide, broadest near bases, crowded, overlapping, rigid, glabrous, waxy; margins entire; tips sharply pointed; branch leaves reduced. | | Inflorescences: | | Racemes, elongate, terminal. | | Flowers: | | To 1.75 inch long; calyces deeply 5-parted, segments nearly equal; corollas 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, usually bent downward, bright yellow with dense orange to white beard on lower lip at throat; spurs long; stamens 4. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, nearly spherical, to 1/8 inch long, 2-celled; seeds numerous, irregularly angled. | | Habitat: | | Roadsides and waste areas. | | Distribution: | | Scattered throughout Kansas. | | Origin: | | It was introduced from southeastern Europe, probably as an ornamental. | | Comments: | | Dalmatian toadflax can be aggressive but is seldom a problem in Kansas. It has a deep root system, which makes eradication difficult. |
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| Dalmatian toadflax inflorescence |  | | 112 KB | | Osborne County, Kansas |
| | Dalmatian toadflax flowers |  | | 71 KB | | Osborne County, Kansas |
| | Dalmatian toadflax |  | | 117 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
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