Kickxia elatine

(Linnaeus) Dumortier

Fl. Belg., 35. 1827.

Common names: Sharpleaf cancerwort
WeedyIntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Antirrhinum elatine Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 612. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 25. Mentioned on page 26.

Plants 4–120 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. Pedicels 10–22 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. Capsules ovoid-globular, 3–5 mm. Seeds 1–1.5 mm, cristate-tuberculate. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct(–Dec).
Habitat: Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, roadsides, stream banks, gravel bars, glades.
Elevation: 0–900 m.

Distribution

Introduced; B.C., Ont., Ala., Ark., Calif., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Eurasia, n Africa, also in Mexico, Central America, South America, Atlantic Islands, Australia

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.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Kickxia elatine"
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
acuminate +
Wayne J. Elisens +
(Linnaeus) Dumortier +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
hastate;sagittate +
Antirrhinum elatine +
oblong-ovate;orbiculate or cordate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
campanulate +
ovoid-globular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Sharpleaf cancerwort +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
personate +  and bilabiate +
tinged blue +  and violet +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Eurasia +, n Africa +, also in Mexico +, Central America +, South America +, Atlantic Islands +  and Australia +
drupe-like +
0–900 m. +
curved +  and straight +
glabrous +  and hairy +
1 +  and 4 +
Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, roadsides, stream banks, gravel bars, glades. +
opposite +  and alternate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
lanceolate +
subequal +
dentate +  and entire +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
inflated +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Oct(–Dec). +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
minute +
dark-brown +  and black +
cristate-tuberculate +
oblong-ovoid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not accrescent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Weedy +, Introduced +  and Illustrated +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
climbing +  and scrambling +
prostrate to erect +  and decumbent +
reclining;pendent;spreading;arching;erect;ascending;erect;ascending;decumbent +
villous +  and glandular-hairy +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Kickxia elatine +
species +
not gibbous +