Kickxia elatine

Taxobox
name = "Kickxia elatine"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Scrophulariaceae
genus = "Kickxia"
species = "K. elatine"
binomial = "Kickxia elatine"
binomial_authority = (L.) Dumort.
synonyms = "Antirrhinum elatine"

"Kickxia elatine" is a species of flowering plant in the Figwort family known by several common names, including sharpleaf cancerwort and sharp-leaved fluellin. It is native to Europe and Asia, but it is present on other continents as an introduced species, and sometimes a noxious weed. This is a small hairy herb with a trailing stem with many branches. It produces oval to arrowhead-shaped fuzzy leaves at wide intervals along the slender stem, and solitary snapdragon-like flowers borne on long, straight pedicels. Each flower is up to 1.5 centimeters long with a narrow, pointed spur extending from the back. The lobes of the mouth are yellow, white, and purple, and the whole flower is fuzzy to hairy. The fruit is a spherical capsule about 4 millimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7363,7364 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KIEL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.missouriplants.com/Others/Kickxia_elatine_page.html Missouri Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Kickxia+elatine Photo gallery]