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Thesium humile
Low Bastard Toadflax is a small annual herb that is partly parasitic on the roots of nearby plants. It is a wild plant of Mediterranean and dry subtropical habitats and is not commonly grown in gardens.
Thesium humile is a species of annual herb in the family Santalaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 0.2 m.
Austral Toadflax · Thesium ebracteatum · Thesium goetzeanum · Bastard toadflax · Thesium lacinulatum · Flaxleaf · Meadow Bastard Toadflax · Bastard-toadflax
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thesium humile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
