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Plantaginaceae
Hairy toadflax
Kickxia spuria
Also known as Striped toadflax, Linaria, Dalmatian toadflax, Cymbalaria spuria
Native Plants · Hairy Toadflax · Kickxia · Wildflower · Arable Weed · Snapdragon-Like · Trailing Plant · Plantaginaceae · Gravel Garden · Drought Adapted · European Wildflower
Hairy Toadflax is a sprawling annual-to-perennial wildflower best suited to sunny borders, disturbed ground, or gravel gardens where drainage is excellent. It produces charming small snapdragon-like flowers and requires very little care once established in a well-drained spot. Avoid overwatering, as it is adapted to drier, free-draining soils typical of arable field margins.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Florida, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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