Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort., 1827

Common names

🇬🇧 Sharp-leaved Fluellen
🇫🇷 Kickxie élatine, Velvote, Linaire élatine

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Kickxia
Species: Kickxia elatine

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with K. spuria (L.) Dumort., 1827, whose leaves are ovate or subcordate, while those of K. elatine are hastate or auriculate.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

K. elatine subsp. caucasica (Muss.-Puschk.) Chrtek, 1984;
K. elatine subsp. elatine (L.) Dumort., 1827, P;
K. elatine subsp. sieberi (Rchb.) Hayek, 1929, P (het. syn. K. sieberi (Rchb.) Dörfl. ex Allan, 1940).

Hybridizes with K. spuria (L.) Dumort., 1827 to produce K. × confinis (Lacroix) Soó, 1967, P.

Photographs

img/kickxia-elatine.webp — Kickxia elatine

img/kickxia-elatine-2.webp — Kickxia elatine

img/kickxia-elatine-3.webp — Kickxia elatine

img/kickxia-elatine-4.webp — Kickxia elatine - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 888). Biotope.