Family: Plantaginaceae (previously in Scrophulariaceae) Kickxia elatine     *     Sharp-leaved Fluellen Flowering time: July-September. Annual. Habitat: Can be locally common in parts of southern England on open, basic and sandy soils; waste ground, arable land and gardens. Solitary lipped flowers (the spur more/less straight) on hairless flower stalks. Alternate hairy leaves, stalked and spearhead-shaped on spreading or prostrate stems. Similar: Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria. Oval or roundish leaves, hairy flower stalks

     



Sharp-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia elatine
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012