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Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria Family: Plantaginaceae (previously in Scrophulariaceae)
Round-leaved Fluellen
Kickxia spuria


Flowering time: July-October. Annual. Archaeophyte

Prefers calcareous soils and usually found on arable and waste ground.

A low-growing hairy plant with branched stems and alternate, short-stalked leaves. The solitary flowers on long, slender stalks are yellow with a purple upper lip and a curved spur.

Similar: Sharp-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia elatine


Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria

Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria

Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria
Round-leaved Fluellen, Kickxia spuria
Photographs: Badbury Rings, Dorset. September 2020

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