Yellow Toadflax

Linaria vulgaris P. Miller

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)

new shoots from creeping roots in spring ▲

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Yellow Toadflax:

·         creeping perennial with creeping roots; grows 6-24” high on unbranched stems with 1-2” long linear leaves

·         flowers are yellow, snapdragon-like and quite showy

·         can form dense colonies rather quickly in fertile, well-drained soils

·         introduced as an ornamental, but invasive into pastures and rangelands and may be mildly poisonous to livestock

·         similar species, Dalmatian Toadflax grows larger, has larger flowers and more oval-pointed leaves (compared to more rounded-linear leaves of yellow toadflax)

·        leaves  and colony formation of yellow toadflax may appear similar to Cypress Spurge, but cypress spurge has milky sap and lacks the showy snapdragon-like flowers