Common name:
Small toadflax
Family:
Scientific name:
Chaenorhinum minus
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Ireland, Wales and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 25 cm
Habitat:
Verges, field margins, roadsides; generally dry, disturbed ground
Flowers:
The corolla (around 8 mm long) is pale purple with a short, blunt, slightly curved, downwards-pointing spur, and is constricted at the mouth. The two lips are white. Flowers are attached by long, hairy pedicels, from the upper leaf nodes
Fruit:
Short, pear-shaped capsules
Leaves:
Alternate, narrowly oblong to linear, glandular-hairy, on short stalks
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
