Wildflowers Identified: Bastard-Toadflax

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Bastard-Toadflax has these characteristics:

• 5 petals
  
• tubular petals
  
• cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
  
• 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
  
• whitish flower color
  
• brownish or greenish flower color
  
• blue to purple flower color
  
• blooms in April or earlier
  
• blooms in May
  
• blooms in June
  
• blooms in July
  
• plant height one foot or less
  
• plant height one foot to two feet
  
• leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
  
• alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
  
• smooth leaf edges
  
• branched leaf veins
  
• simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
  

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