Kickxia elatine |
Kickxia spuria |
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sharp leaf fluellin, sharp point fluellin, sharp-leaf cancerwort, sharp-leaf fluellen, sharppoint fluvellin |
fluellin, round-leaf cancerwort, round-leaf fluellen, round-leaf fluellin |
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Habit | Plants 4–120 cm. | Plants 10–80 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 2–6 mm; blade: proximal 15–35 × 10–30 mm, base truncate or rounded to cuneate, distal 4–25 × 2–14 mm, base hastate to sagittate, villous with scattered glandular hairs. |
petiole 1–4 mm; blade 4–40 × 3–30 mm, base rounded to cordate, villous with scattered glandular hairs. |
Pedicels | 10–22 mm. |
6–12 mm. |
Flowers | sepal lobes lanceolate, 3–6 × 1–2 mm, not accrescent, apex acuminate, villous; corolla tube 1–2 mm, palate yellow, inflated, hairy, spurs 5–6 mm, abaxial lobes yellow to violet, adaxial blue to violet, 2–3 mm; abaxial filaments 1.5–2 mm, adaxial 1–1.5 mm; style included, 1.3–1.5 mm; stigma straight. |
sepal lobes broadly lanceolate to ovate, 5–6 × 3–4 mm, accrescent, apex acute, villous; corolla tube 3–5 mm, palate yellow, inflated, hairy, spurs 6–8 mm, abaxial lobes yellow, adaxial violet, 3–4 mm; abaxial filaments 2–2.5 mm, adaxial 1.5–2 mm; style included, 1.2–1.5 mm; stigma straight. |
Capsules | ovoid-globular, 3–5 mm. |
ovoid-globular, 3–5 mm. |
Seeds | 1–1.5 mm, cristate-tuberculate. |
1–1.5 mm, cristate-tuberculate. |
2n | = 36. |
= 18. |
Kickxia elatine |
Kickxia spuria |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct(–Dec). | Flowering May–Nov. |
Habitat | Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, roadsides, stream banks, gravel bars, glades. | Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, gravel bars, stream banks, roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–900 m. (0–3000 ft.) | 40–700 m. (100–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CA; CT; DE; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WA; WI; WV; BC; ON; Eurasia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, Central America, South America, Atlantic Islands, Australia]
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AL; CA; FL; KY; MO; MT; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; WI; BC; ON; Europe; Asia; n Africa; Atlantic Islands [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, Australia]
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Discussion | Kickxia elatine differs from K. spuria in leaf and calyx characters. Two subspecies of K. elatine have been described [subsp. elatine and subsp. crinita (Mabille) W. Greuter]; they are poorly defined (D. A. Sutton 1988; M. Ghebrehiwet 2001) and differentiated on the basis of indument density. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The accrescent sepal lobes of Kickxia spuria is a unique characteristic in Kickxia. D. A. Sutton (1988) recognized two subspecies that he characterized as poorly defined [subsp. spuria and subsp. integrifolia (Brotero) R. Fernandes]; these were not differentiated by M. Ghebrehiwet (2001). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 25. | FNA vol. 17, p. 26. |
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Synonyms | Antirrhinum elatine | Antirrhinum spurium |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 35. (1827) | (Linnaeus) Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 35. (1827) |
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