Kickxia commutata(Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch

WFO wfo-0000357295 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Kickxia commutata, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189801254
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189800771
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Daniel Linzbauer
fig. c Daniel Linzbauer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153635541
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. d Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 9861037
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189801239
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189800807
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Daniel Linzbauer
fig. g Daniel Linzbauer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153635562
Kickxia commutata, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189800795

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Kickxia commutata is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Kickxia commutata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Antirrhinum graecum Bory & Chaub.
  • Cymbalaria pseudoelatine Schur
  • Elatine graeca (Chav.) Fourr.
  • Elatinoides commutata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Wettst.
  • Kickxia commutata var. filiformis (Pamp.) Cufod. ex Greuter
  • Kickxia graeca (Chav.) Pau
  • Linaria caulorhiza Delile ex Willk. & Lange
  • Linaria commutata Bernh. ex Rchb.
  • Linaria commutata var. polygonoides Halácsy
  • Linaria elatine var. commutata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Vis.
  • Linaria elatine var. filiformis Pamp.
  • Linaria elatine var. hamosa Chav.
  • Linaria graeca Chav.
  • Linaria radicans Le Gall ex Gren. & Godr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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