I have not sown the species, but it grows commonl here-- in several places just on my 6 acres.. It grows here around Spruce often, though most of the other plants listed here and in John's post are nearby too! Cohan
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Youngs <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > *(was Alpine-l Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2)* > > For any parasitic or semi-parasitic plant I would prefer to sow near a > probable host. > > Your post gives me pause for thought because of a "clash" of common name... > > to me, "bastard toadflax" is *Comandra umbellata , *while *Geocaulon > lividum* is the > > "false toadflax" . Some host genera include Linnaea spp. , Picea spp., > > Pinus spp., Betula spp., Salix spp., Alnus spp > > * Comandra umbellata* - * bastard toadflax* whose hosts include Aster, > Solidago, Antennaria, > > Fragaria, Rosa, Rubus Vaccinium and Acer, Betula, Populus... also some > grasses, Carex etc. > > > > > > > > West Central Alberta, Canada, Zone 2-3 record temps from 10-20 miles away: min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F http://picasaweb.google.com/cactuscactus
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