I found this plant growing in a pot at a nursery. It was volunteer in the pot and the original plant, according to the label, was dead. I let it grow just to see what it would look like and if it would flower. Now it has flowered and I like it. It starts off very low growing. It's a ground cover that is about 2 inches tall until the flower stalks start growing. Those reach 18-24 inches with small I need to identify it to see if it is a native or if it's invasive. I have linked some images of the flowers as well as the whole plant. Picture of flowers Picture of base of plant
After doing some more searching online and reading in Shinners & Mahler's Flora of North Central Texas I think this may be Nuttallanthus texanus or canadensis (Texas Toad-Flax and Canadian/Oldfield Toad-Flax respectively). Can anyone verify this?
I'd agree with a Nuttallanthus species. Same thing! That's just the old name from before Linaria was split into two genera (Linaria sensu stricto in the Old World, Nuttallanthus in the New).
Thank you all. I am confident it is Nuttallanthus texanus. I might just have to gather some seeds if I can catch the pods at the right time. Anyone have any experience with this plant?
