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Definition of Bastard toadflax
1. Noun. Woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers.
Group relationships: Comandra, Genus Comandra
Generic synonyms: Parasitic Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastard Toadflax
Literary usage of Bastard toadflax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"The root of the bastard toadflax forms parasitic attachments to the roots of trees.
WHITE SWEET CLOVER. WHITE MELILOT. Melilotus alba. Pulse Family. Stem. ..."
2. A Practical Course in Botany: With Especial Reference to Its Bearings on by Eliza Frances Andrews (1911)
"C. umbellata, bastard toadflax. The flowering stems 1.5-4 dm. high, branched,
very leafy. The leaves are oblong, thin, pale beneath, the pale Comandra ..."
3. A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey by James Alexander Brewer (1856)
"Bastard-Toadflax. N. 0. ... L. Flax-leaved Bastard-Toadflax. ' July. . Hedge-bank
right hand of the road leading from Dorking to Ranmore Common, ..."
4. A Spring Flora for High Schools by Henry Chandler Cowles, John Gaylord Coulter (1915)
"C. umbellata, bastard toadflax. The flowering stems 1.5-4 dm. high, branched,
very leafy. The leaves are oblong, thin, pale beneath, ..."
5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"C. umbellate (L.) Nutt. (T. umbellatum L.). British America south to Georgia,
Arizona and California. bastard toadflax. 547. ..."
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