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toadflax

any of various scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Linaria, esp L. vulgaris, having narrow leaves and spurred two-lipped yellow-orange flowers
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Wash the hairy bittercress, sorrel and ivy-leaved toadflax. Place on kitchen paper.
Pantos are about the triumph of good over evil, and the good comes in the shape of Pam Cowey as Meadowsweet, while the bad is played out by Val Whittingham as Toadflax.
Abundant forbs were Agalinis tenuifolia (slender gerardia), Aster oolentangiensis, Comandra umbellata (star toadflax), Conyza canadensis (horseweed), Eupborbia corollata (flowering spurge), Fragaria virginiana, Lechea leggettii (pinweed), Lupinus perennis (wild lupine), Phlox pilosa (prairie phlox), Potentilla simplex, Pleridium aquilinum, Rubus flagellaris, and Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod).
Some have picturesque names, like broad-lipped purple side-saddle flower, cobweb houseleek, lion's tail phlomis, livid hellebore, melancholy toadflax, parrot-beaked heliconia, and warty St.
ADRIENNE SAYS: To attract butterflies, plant nectar-rich flowers such as cornflowers, cowslips and toadflax in a sheltered sunny spot.
cespitosa (weedy dwarf dandelion), Nuttallanthus canadensis (Canada toadflax), Plantago virginica (Virginia plantain), Ranunculus sardous (hairy buttercup), and Triodanis perfoliata (clasping Venus' lookingglass).
Learn Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to locate yellow toadflax. Our data helps the Forest Service determine where to use biological controls.
Bill Smith ATHAT looks like purple toadflax or Linaria purpurea with its purple snapdragon-like flowers and linear foliage.
Be o'n i'n ei feddwl ddweud oedd llin y llyffant (yellow toadflax), er na wyddwn i'r enw Cymraeg am hwnnw chwaith (be haru mi?
Flower samples were collected from Carolina geranium, hairy indigo, narrowleaf cudweed (Gnaphalium falcatum Lam.), oldfield toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.)), pusley, spurge (Euphorbia sp.), thistle (Circium spp.), white clover, and wild radish.
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