Kickxia elatine

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusKickxia
Species:Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.
Common NameSharpleaf Cancerwort; Fluellen
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Bell (KY), Campbell (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Graves (KY), Kenton (KY), Lyon (KY), Marion (KY), Marshall (KY), Pike (KY), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Decatur (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), McMinn (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 2001

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100664158 Cumberland Kentucky 05 Oct 1997 James B. Beck
Ross C. Clark; Carrie L. Tilton
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664133 Clinton Kentucky 21 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1240
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664141 Clinton Kentucky 21 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1218
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664166 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3745
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664109 Adair Kentucky 11 Jul 1988 Bruce Hoagland
339
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664174 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Ross C. Clark
23607
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664182 Marshall Kentucky 21 Jul 1979 Raymond Athey
4384
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664125 Bell Kentucky 01 Nov 1964 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Kickxia elatine
31234100664117 Bell Kentucky 01 Nov 1964 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Kickxia elatine
BEREA018118 Adair Kentucky
BEREA
Kickxia elatine
BEREA018119 Campbell Kentucky
BEREA
Kickxia elatine
31973000019076 Graves Kentucky
KNK
Kickxia elatine
31973000019073 Clark Kentucky
KNK
Kickxia elatine
31973000019074 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Kickxia elatine
31973000019075 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193217 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193216 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193218 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193226 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193224 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193236 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193221 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193220 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193229 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193219 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193214 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193225 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193223 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193228 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193215 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193227 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193235 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Kickxia elatine
TENN-V-0193222 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002568 Houston Tennessee 01 Aug 1987 EW Chester
87-614
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002557 Montgomery Tennessee 16 Oct 1948 Alfred Clebsch
290
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002567 Cheatham Tennessee 27 Jul 1979 EW Chester
4148
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002563 Montgomery Tennessee 13 Sep 1983 EW Chester
83-332
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002566 Stewart Tennessee 27 Oct 1983 EW Chester
83-481
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0076790 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002559 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Jul 1973 EW Chester
2584
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0076623 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002565 Humphreys Tennessee 24 Jul 2001 Stephanie M Gunn and EW Chester
211
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0050652 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002555 Stewart Tennessee 17 Oct 1986 EW Chester
86-1284
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0076789 Clark Kentucky 22 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002562 Houston Tennessee 21 Aug 1960 Alfred Clebsch
S.N.
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0051889 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002558 Perry Tennessee 15 Sep 1967 Elizabeth M Browne, Edward T Browne, Jr, Barry Fox, and Robert W McGowan
T-34
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0002564 Montgomery Tennessee 13 Sep 1990 EW Chester
90-427
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0054259 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0076791 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Kickxia elatine
APSC0076622 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Kickxia elatine
UCHT026024 Cumberland Kentucky
UCHT
Kickxia elatine
UTM02623 Tennessee
UTM
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147391 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147385 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147382 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147384 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147390 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147392 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147386 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147387 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147388 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147377 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147381 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147378 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147383 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147389 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147379 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147393 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
BRIT147380 Tennessee
VDB
Kickxia elatine
MEM001995 Bell Kentucky 19 Nov 1965 Ellwood J. Carr
s.n.
MEM
Kickxia elatine
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