Hairy Toadflax
Kickxia incana
Also known as Hairy Cancerwort
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Hairy Toadflax
Identify Hairy Toadflax by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grey-hairy (incana) foliage.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hairy Toadflax.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kickxia incana
- Genus
- Kickxia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Toadflax itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Hairy Toadflax
Hairy Toadflax (Kickxia incana) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Hairy Toadflax belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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