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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

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

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
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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.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Kickxia Plantaginaceae > Kickxia
Sibling taxa
K. spuria
K. elatine
Synonyms Antirrhinum elatine Antirrhinum spurium
Name authority (Linnaeus) Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 35. (1827) (Linnaeus) Dumortier: Fl. Belg., 35. (1827)
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