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Nuttallanthus canadensis
Also called Old Field Toadflax, Blue Toadflax, Toadflax, Field Toadflax
Canada toadflax is a slender annual or biennial wildflower native to eastern North America, grown mainly outdoors in gardens and meadows. It thrives in full sun and well-drained, lean soil, and self-seeds readily.
Nuttallanthus canadensis, the blue toadflax, Canada toadflax, or old-field toadflax, is a species of Nuttallanthus in the family Plantaginaceae, native to eastern North America from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Texas and Florida.
It is grown as an ornamental plant in its native area. It has been introduced to western North America and Europe, and is now locally naturalized, from Washington south to California, and also in Russia. It typically grows in bare areas and grassland.
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