| Common Name: | Yellow toadflax |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Linaria |
| Species: | vulgaris |
| Classification/Rank: | Invasive |
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| Habitat/Range: | • found throughout the region particularly along Hwy 16 and the CN railway. • patches range from a few plants to patches over a hectare and some patches fluctuate greatly in size over the years |
• perennial herb from a rhizome; grows 0.1 to 0.8 m tall
• stems erect, sometimes branched above, smooth; milky juice appears when stems or leaves broken
• leaves alternate, or lowermost nearly opposite, numerous, unstalked, linear to narrow lance shaped, smooth margined
• flowers bright yellow with a central orange-hairy patch at the throat; inflorescence a long, terminal, smooth to minutely hairy, spike-like cluster of numerous short stalked flowers
The Northwest Invasive Plant Council will have an Information Booth at this year's BCNE, and we're looking for volunteers to help out.
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Watch this short video from the Province about invasive species and their impacts on BC - Invaders! Invasive Species in BC
