Nuttallanthus canadensis
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Nuttallanthus canadensis |
| Common name: | Canada toadflax |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | biennial, annual |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6" - 24" |
| Foliage: | shining, linear |
| Flower: | pale blue-purple with 2 humped white palate, 1/4" - 1/2" long |
| Flowering time: | late April-early July; fruits July to early September |
| Habitat: | open sandy ground; frequently a weed in cultivated and waste ground |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout most of the state, decreasing northward |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | superficially the flower resembles a small lobelia, but with a slender spur |