Kickxia spuria

(Linnaeus) Dumortier

Fl. Belg., 35. 1827.

Common names: Roundleaf cancerwort
WeedyIntroduced
Basionym: Antirrhinum spurium Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 613. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 26. Mentioned on page 25.

Plants 10–80 cm. Leaves: petiole 1–4 mm; blade 4–40 × 3–30 mm, base rounded to cordate, villous with scattered glandular-hairs. Pedicels 6–12 mm. Flowers: 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. Seeds 1–1.5 mm, cristate-tuberculate. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat: Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, gravel bars, stream banks, roadsides.
Elevation: 40–700 m.

Distribution

Introduced; B.C., Ont., Ala., Calif., Fla., Ky., Mo., Mont., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Wis., Europe, Asia, n Africa, Atlantic Islands, also in South America, Australia

Discussion

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).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Kickxia spuria"
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 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 /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Wayne J. Elisens +
(Linnaeus) Dumortier +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
rounded;cordate +
Antirrhinum spurium +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
oblong-ovate;orbiculate or cordate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
campanulate +
ovoid-globular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Roundleaf cancerwort +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
personate +  and bilabiate +
tinged blue +  and violet +
B.C. +, Ont. +, Ala. +, Calif. +, Fla. +, Ky. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Wis. +, Europe +, Asia +, n Africa +, Atlantic Islands +, also in South America +  and Australia +
drupe-like +
40–700 m. +
curved +  and straight +
glabrous +  and hairy +
1 +  and 4 +
Gravelly or sandy disturbed sites, gravel bars, stream banks, roadsides. +
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 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Nov. +
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 />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
broadly lanceolate +  and ovate +
accrescent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Weedy +  and Introduced +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
climbing +  and scrambling +
prostrate to erect +  and decumbent +
reclining;pendent;spreading;arching;erect;ascending;erect;ascending;decumbent +
villous +  and glandular-hairy +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Kickxia spuria +
species +
not gibbous +