Ontario Weeds: Dwarf snapdragon
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Excerpt from Publication 505, Ontario Weeds, Order this publication
Table of Contents
- Name
- Other Names
- Family
- General Description
- Flowers and Fruit
- Stems and Roots
- Habitat
- Similar Species
- Related Links
Other Names: chénorhinum mineur, Dwarf toadflax, Small toadflax, linaire mineure, Linaria minor L.
Family: Figwort or Snapdragon Family (Scrophulariaceae)
General Description: Annual, reproducing only by seed. Photos and Pictures
Dwarf snapdragon (A - stand of plants in a strawberry field;
B - plant with flowers and seedpods).
Dwarf snapdragon.
Stems & Roots: Stems erect, 10-40cm
(4-16in.) high, usually much-branched throughout, glandular-hairy;
leaves alternate (1 per node), sometimes in tufts along the stem,
short and very narrow; flower stalks slender, 1-2cm (2/5-4/5in.)
long, from leaf axils throughout the plant.
Flowers & Fruit: Flowers resembling
Toadflax
in shape but much smaller (6-8mm, ¼-1/3in. long), and light
blue to purplish with a yellow spot; seedpods nearly spherical,
about 5mm (1/5in.) in diameter. Flowers from June to September.
Habitat: Dwarf snapdragon occurs throughout
Ontario usually in cinders and gravel along railway rights-of-way
but occasionally in other waste places, cultivated fields and gardens,
and has recently become a common weed in many strawberry fields.
Similar Species: It is distinguished by
its small, erect, much-branched, somewhat sticky-hairy stems with
short, narrow leaves often in tufts, and very small, light blue
to purplish snapdragon-like flowers.
Related Links
... on general Weed
topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA
Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA
Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control
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