Small Toadflax

Small Toadflax, field edge,
Wessex Ridgeway, Dorset

Flowers, leaves and capsules

Corolla slightly open, spur, glands

Side view - spur

View from above

Glandular calyx

Seed capsule
Chaenorhinum minus
Scrophulariaceae
June to October
It is found throughout the country..
See the BSBI distribution map for Small Toadflax
It is an archeophyte which grows on calcareous arable
fields, waste ground, walls and by railways..
Small Toadflax is an annual, grey, erect, glandular herb,
growing up to 25cm.
Flowers are small at up up to 8mm, solitary and in the
axils of the leaves.
The upper part of the flower is purple and the inner
parts of the flower are pale.
The mouth of the corolla is slightly open and there is
a short spur.
The seed capsule is ovoid.
Leaves are up to 2.5cm, alternate, glandular and linear
lanceolate.
Stems are hairy and glandular.
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