General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Leaves: Other: 1/2 to 3/4 inches wide, bluish-green in color.
Fruit: Other: 2 celled capsules containing numerous tiny seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Two-lipped, yellow with white throat and long spur; densely hairy lower lip is white to orange in color.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Shallowly sow, approximately 1/4 inch below soil surface.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root

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Common names
  • Dalmatian Toadflax
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Linaria dalmatica
  • Synonym: Linaria genistifolia subsp. dalmatica
  • Synonym: Linaria dalmatica subsp. dalmatica
  • Synonym: Linaria dalmatica subsp. macedonica
  • Synonym: Linaria dalmatica var. thessala

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Location: BG Delft (The Netherlands)
Date: 2015-10-03
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-02
Uploaded by SpringGreenThumb

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Home
Date: 2016-05-27

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