Texas
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Nuttallanthus texanus

Nuttallanthus texanus, Lake Whitney State Park, Hill Co. 7634

Nuttallanthus texanus, Lake Whitney State Park, Hill Co. 7641

Nuttallanthus texanus, Buescher State Park, Bastrop Co. 4960

Nuttallanthus texanus, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 3729

Nuttallanthus texanus, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 3741

Nuttallanthus texanus, Winedale, Fayette Co. 2409

Nuttallanthus texanus, Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, Washington Co. 2753

Nuttallanthus texanus, Buescher State Park, Bastrop Co. 4977

Scientific Name	Nuttallanthus texanus (Linaria texana)	USDA PLANTS Symbol	NUTE
Common Name	Texas Toadflax	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	503971
Family	Plantaginaceae (Plantain)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
Description	Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils in fields, arroyos, stream banks, grassy hillsides and open woods. Plant: Slender, delicate annual/biennial with erect flowering stems up to 28 inches tall with a few short prostrate stems often from base. Leaves: Smooth, dark green, rather densely leafy below, more sparse above; leaves on flowering stems linear to linear-oblong, opposite or ternate at base of stem and alternate above, and sessile, up to 1-1/4 inches long; leaves of flowerless stems crowded, ovate, elliptic or linear, up to 3/4-inch long and on short petioles. Inflorescence: Racemes of very pale violet/blue two-lipped flowers 0.4 to 0.55-inch long; upper lip smaller, two-lobed, lower lip much larger and three-lobed; slender, curved spur below 0.2 to 0.35-inch long. Bloom period: February to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston (as Linaria texana), "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, and SEINet. Note: Very similar to N. canadensis except this flower and spur are larger.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

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