Illustration by Jeanne R. Janish, From 

 'Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest' 



LINARJA CANADENSIS 

 BLUE TOADFLAX 



Blue Toadflax is a slender annual with erect, unbranched stems that are 1-5 dm tall. There is a rosette of prostrate 

 stems at the base, the leaves of which are narrowly oblong, 5-10 mm long, and opposite or in whorls of 3. Stem leaves 

 are narrower and the lower are opposite or in whorls of 3, becoming alternate above. Foliage is glabrous, often with a 

 thin bluish waxy coating. Short-stalked flowers are borne in an elongating, spike-like inflorescence. The snapdragon 

 like blue flowers are 8-12 mm long and have 5 sepals and a 2-lipped corolla. The lower lip is horizontal and 3-lobed, 

 while the upper is 2-lobed and erect. There is a linear, downcurved spur that is 2-1 1 mm long and located at the base ot 

 the corolla. The fiiiit is a globose, many-seeded capsule that is 2-4 mm high. 



Flowering and fruiting mid-June-August. 



The blue, spurred flowers and basal rosette of prostrate stems are diagnosti 



