Kickxia spuria

Taxobox
name = "Kickxia spuria"

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

"Kickxia spuria" is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by several common names, including roundleaf cancerwort and round-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 low hairy herb with a creeping stem with many branches. It produces rounded, fuzzy leaves at wide intervals along the stem, and solitary snapdragon-like flowers. 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 deep purple, and the whole flower is fuzzy to hairy. The fruit is a spherical capsule about 4 millimeters long. This species is similar to its relative, "Kickxia elatine", but for the shape of its leaves.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7363,7365 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KISP USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Kickxia+spuria Photo gallery]