The common name "toadflax" appears to refer to the supposed habit of toads to shelter in the shade of a similar plant "Bastard" in this context means "of unusual shape or size" The same common name has been used for European plants of the genus Thesium6" to 12" tall; Bastard toadflax, the woodland plant with a funny name Alternate leaves are small ovals with rounded tips and practically no stem The leaf edges are entire, or untoothed Leaves and flowers share the same stem with the flowers arranged in a loose cluster at the stem tip
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Bastard toadflax meaning-"Northern Bastard Toadflax" Santalaceae (Sandalwood Family) Description General an erect, perennial, from creeping, threadlike, reddish rhizomes;You must — there are over 0,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that's only in the MerriamWebster Unabridged Dictionary Start your free trial today and get unlimited access to America's largest dictionary, with More than 250,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary
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Stems erect, simple, 10–25 cm, usually clustered Leaves sessile, thick, glaucous, lanceolate, 1–3 cm long Inflorescence a hemispheric cyme, terminal and from uppermost leaf axils The chalk this year is feeling the spring drought, late and shy flowering After a hard winter graze, the area we affectionately call the 'Bastardtoadflax area' has sprung to life There is more Bastardtoadflax there than I have ever seen and masses of Chalk Milkwort too It just goes to show that there are always winners and losersBastard toadflax Comandra umbellata (L) Nutt Stem perennial;
Bastard toadflax RHS Plants for Pollinators plants This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are Bastard toadflax, any of several small annual or perennial herbs of the sandalwood family (Santalaceae) that have narrow leaves resembling those of true toadflax of the genus Linaria In North America the name refers to a plant of the genus Comandra, while in Europe the name is applied to species of ThesiumIts leafy stems are either unbranched or sparingly branched The stems are light green or light reddish green, terete, and glabrous Abundant alternate leaves occur along the entire length of each stem These leaves are ¾–1½" long, ¼–½
Comandra Sp Bastard Toadflax "Rhizome extensive Stem green, bluegreen, or ± gray, striateLeaf ± sessileFlower subtended by bractlet; Throughout Kansas Native Americans used the fruits of bastard toadflax as a minor food source and treated cuts, sores, and eye inflammations with a wash made from the plant Bastard toadflax is partially parasitic on other plants Its roots penetrate those of nearby plants to obtain nutrients and waterBASTARD TOADFLAX AT OSUMARION PRAIRIE While the bio students caught insects for the "animal diversity" lab, the instructor revisited a spot where bastardtoadflax recently appeared in great profusion Now more of the plants are flowering Golden ragwort (Senecio aureus, family Asteraceae) is a native perennial herb of prairies and open
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Comandra is a monotypic genus containing the single species Comandra umbellata Its common names include bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax, and common comandra The plant has a disjunct distribution;General Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata) is a desert perennial forb or subshrub that grows from rhizomesThe stems are upright, and the leaves are lanceolate, alternate, and sessile Four and fivepart flowers are produced in cymes arising from the upper leaf axilsComandra is a monotypic genus containing the single species Comandra umbellataIts common names include bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax, and common comandra
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Comandra umbellata subspecies pallida (Bastard Toadflax) Santalaceae (Sandalwood Family) Semidesert, foothills Meadows, openings Spring, summer Canyonlands National Park, Comandra umbellata is hemiparasitic, sometimes attaching itself to the roots of other plants and deriving at least some nourishment from them It has green Comandra umbellata (L) Nutt Bastard toadflax is parasitic on the roots of trees and shrubs Family bastard toadflax (Comandraceae) Habitat dry fields, thickets, and open woods Height 618 inches Flower size 1/8 inch across Flower color white Flowering time April to June Origin nativeNo, bastard toadflax isn't profanity from a peak bagger with roadrage It's a wildflower Comandra umbellata to be exact Actually the USDA plant data base calls it a "subshrub" It's starting to bloom right now on many of the Champlain Hills Catchy
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Propagating false toadflax, Comandra umbellata Posted on by Grassland Restoration Network Blog published by Bill Kleiman Bastard toad flax (Comandra umbellata) is a hemiparasitic plant prominent in most of the remnant prairies at Nachusa Grasslands It is known to lightly parasitize most all of its neighborsYes that is what it is, the Bastard of Merrill Audio because Bastard Audio is disrupting the audio industry, selling only directly to the Audiophile, and everything will be priced around $2,000, yet with the high quality product and superb performance stolen from Merrill Audio designs There are compromises to bring the prices down and no, it is not the same sound as a The Bastard Toadflax is also a hemiparasite and the sponging element of its life style may account for its odd common name I've done a bit of shooting, and will do a bit more before leaving, and will post up some cool (I think) stuff later at Email This BlogThis!
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Bastard toadflax is an obligate parasite of sagebrush and many other woody perennial plants Both rusts have five spore stages Three spore stages (uredinia, telia, and basidia) develop on the alternate hosts, and two spore stages (spermogonia and aecia) develop on the pinesToadflax possesses Astringent and Hepatic property It is a powerful Purgative and Diuretic It is used in the treatment of Jaundice, Liver, Scrofula and Skin diseases The fresh plant is used as a poultice or ointment for Piles The juice of the herb is a good remedy for Inflammation of Eyes and cleansing ulcerous soresBastardtoadflax preferred UKSI BastardToadflax UKSI Geulin y Forwyn Welsh local UKSI Geulin y Forwyn Welsh local UKSI Classification unranked Biota kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Santalales family Santalaceae genus Thesium species Thesium humifusum View list of all occurrence
Common Bastard Toad Flax Comandra Umbellata Var Californica Synonyms Comandra Californica Comandra Umbellata Ssp Californica
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Bastard Toadflax is semiparasitic, feeding on other plants through its rhizomes The DNR lists 2 varieties in Minnesota var pallida, which has a waxy coating on leaves, and var umbellata, which lacks the waxy leaves There are no herbarium records of var pallida in Minnesota but it is most likely to be in western countiesSmooth above and below;View photos of the medicinal plant Comandra umbellata (Bastard toadflax)
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Description Bastard toadflax is a 4 ″ to 12 ″ tall, erect, often branched, leafy, perennial herb that rises from fibrous roots and horizontal rhizomes It often forms colonies and a single clone can cover a large area It is semiparasitic, deriving water and nutrition from the roots of other plants, but also getting nutrition from photosynthesisAbout Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Add to My Plant List;Comandra is a monotypic genus containing the single species Comandra umbellataIts common names include bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax, and common comandra The plant has a disjunct distribution;
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Bastard toadflax definition, any of several lowgrowing, often parasitic plants of the genus Comandra, having alternate leaves and clusters of small whitish flowers See more Bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) is a native perennial that usually grows in sandy or rocky, welldrained soil or in open sites from low to subalpine elevations (1,000 to 9,000 feet)There are three subspecies of C umbellata, one of which can be found in every portion of North America A hairless plant, bastard toadflax is spread by rhizomes and often occurs in Bastard toadflax, the woodland plant with a funny name Alternate leaves are small ovals with rounded tips and practically no stem The leaf edges are entire, or untoothed Leaves and flowers share the same stem with the flowers arranged in a loose cluster at the stem tip
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Oval with pointed tips;Bastard toadflax definition is a plant of the genus Thesium Love words? Bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downers Grove, IL () Bastard toadflax is the only plant in its genus, and it has a certain nostalgia for me When I first began volunteering on the prairie more than two decades ago, I saw this tiny flower while I was bent over weeding
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Bastard toadflax is therefore parasitic, but with its own green leaves to manufacture nutrients, it can live without parasitizing other plants Status The common names announce that this is not a "true" toadflax So what is a toadflax?Stems usually unbranched, 10 25 cm tall Leaves alternate, thin, oval, 1 3 cm long, blunttipped, bright green, frequently yellow streaked Bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) is one of the most important species of the highest quality tallgrass prairies, but it rarely does well in restorationWe try various approaches We just began harvesting this year's seed and noticed that
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Bastard toadflax is a parasite that depends upon other plants for survival, and it is a member of a plant family that is able to use over two hundred different species as its host This is the most diverse of any parasitic plant Within two weeks of seed germination, subterranean roots attach themselves to nearby vegetation to draw nutrientsThesium humifusum is a hemiparasitic plant that steals nutrients from hedge bedstraw ( Galium album) or lady's bedstraw ( Galium verum ) Although it can be abundant in appropriate habitats, its low growth habit and inconspicuous flowers mean that it is often overlooked In Great Britain, it is restricted to downlands over chalk or ooliticBastard toadflax is a parasite that depends upon other plants for survival, and it is a member of a plant family that is able to use over two hundred different species as its host This is the most diverse of any parasitic plant Within two weeks of seed germination, subterranean roots attach themselves to nearby vegetation to draw nutrients
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Its four subspecies occur in North America and the Mediterranean Bastard, or false toadflax is one of the hundreds of wildflowers that bejewel our native prairies A perennial herb with yellowishgreen foliage and smooth, upright stems, it grows and flowers under the hottest conditionsNonflowering plants produce progressively smaller leaves toward the stem tip
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Bastard Toadflax Comandra Umbellata L Nutt
Comandra umbellata (Bastard Toadflax) is a species of perennial herb in the family Santalaceae They have a selfsupporting growth form They are native to The Contiguous United States, Alaska, and Canada They have simple, broad leaves Flowers are visited by Blue bottle fly, Phthiria, Telephorus, and Coelioxys alternata Individuals can growBastard Toadflax is a hemiparasitic species in the Sandalwood family that will often attach to a host plant to meet nutritional and/or water needs (see Germination Code K, right) Please note, this seed is VERY difficult to germinateStamen base hairtuftedFruit crowned by persistent calyx 4 species 3 America, 1 Europe (Greek hair, man, for hairy stamen bases) Unabridged references Piehl 1965 Mem Torrey Bot Club
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Calyx tube bell or urnshaped, lobes 5(6);Parasitic on roots of other plants Leaves alternate; Description Pale bastard toadflax is a 4 ″ to 12 ″ tall, erect, often branched, leafy, perennial herb that rises from fibrous roots and horizontal rhizomes It often forms colonies and a single clone can cover a large area It is semiparasitic, deriving water and nutrition from the roots of other plants, but also getting nutrition from photosynthesis
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Bastardtoadflax is a hemiparasite, that is, it may attach specialized roots to the roots of a hostplant and derive some nutrients this way, although it also uses photosynthesis Native Americans used the seeds as a minor food source, and used other parts of the plant to treat colds, canker sores and sore eyesBastard toadflax reproduces both sexually and vegetatively Sexual reproduction is less common, but more important for dispersal over greater areas During vegetative spreading, plants send out numerous shoots or ramets, and a single clone may cover up to 90 square yardsThesium humifusum Bastardtoadflax R DD N The attraction of Devil's Dyke at this time of year was the Lizard Orchid ( Himantoglossum hircinum ) but along with many other naturalists, we looked for butterflies and other flowers on the way to the known site
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Propagation of Pale Bastard Toadflax Seed stratify for 3 months at 5°C and then sow in the greenhouse in a pot with a suitable host Plant out when it is well established close to a mature host plant Cultivation of the herb Dry hills and plains Sandy or open rocky ground in TexasTo most such Illinoisans, the recurring efforts to bring back the bastardtoadflax must seem noble but a bit nutty, like attempts to restore Gaelic to Wales As the scope of restoration expands, nature will increasingly compete with other — mainly recreational — uses of public lands, and public opinion will play a larger part in the heretoforeComandra Umbellata, Bastard Toadflax Comandra umbellata is the one species of a monotypic genus, and is widespread across the west and north of the US, in the former concentrated in Arizona, Utah and the Rocky Mountain states Plants are partly parasitic, and often form large clumps, spreading via roots
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Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Bastard Toadflax is also known as False Toadflax Plant Type This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 40cm in height (16inches) From a rhizome Leaves The leaves are alternateLeavesBastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata) Description This herbaceous perennial plant is up to 1' tall;Its four subspecies occur in North America and the Mediterranean
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