toadflax

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Seastedt said his team will attempt to control Dalmation toadflax -- an ornamental plant introduced into North America from south-central Eurasia in the 1800s -- using several methods, including the use of insects as "biocontrols," he said.

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  1. noun Any of various plants of the genus Linaria, having narrow leaves and spurred, two-lipped flowers.
  2. noun See butter-and-eggs.

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  • However, it is not effective on toadflax, spurge or mustards and has limited activity on houndstongue and blueweed.
  • The project will focus on three weed species viewed as threats to the conservation goals of OSMP, including Dalmation toadflax, Canada thistle and cheatgrass. —  Top Headlines at CU Boulder
  • Seastedt said his team will attempt to control Dalmation toadflax -- an ornamental plant introduced into North America from south-central Eurasia in the 1800s -- using several methods, including the use of insects as "biocontrols," he said. —  Top Headlines at CU Boulder
  • Bluebonnets and toadflax intermingle happily in the rose bed. dflax and verbena are blooming throughout the back garden. —  chron.com Chronicle
  • The hues of wild flowers vary with their situation: in shady woodlands the toadflax or butter-and-eggs is often pale--a sulphur colour; upon the Downs it is a deep and beautiful yellow. —  Round About a Great Estate
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