Kickxia elatine(L.) Dumort.

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WFO wfo-0000357274 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Kickxia elatine, photographed by Matteo Marcandella
fig. a Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-14 / obs. 157344039
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Karen and Mike
fig. b Karen and Mike, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142244953
Kickxia elatine, photographed by linkie
fig. c linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126020525
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Nathan Aaron
fig. d Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101228077
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. e Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 99769082
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Karen and Mike
fig. f Karen and Mike, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91192427
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Nico Hernandez
fig. g Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84839540
Kickxia elatine, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. h Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84842339

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Native range 50 botanical countries

Regions where Kickxia elatine is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madeira, Somalia, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptEritreaEthiopiaSomaliaTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanYemenPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Kickxia elatine, 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
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Yemen YEM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Madeira MDR
Somalia SOM
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

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.

Flowering 203 in flower of 255 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Kickxia elatine observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 203 of 255 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 64 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.

  • Anarrhinum elatum Kuntze
  • Antirrhinum auriculatum Lam.
  • Antirrhinum caucasicum Willd. ex Ledeb.
  • Antirrhinum cymbalaria Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
  • Antirrhinum elatine L.
  • Antirrhinum elatine var. peloria Gaudin
  • Antirrhinum elatiniflorum Wahlenb.
  • Antirrhinum elatinoides Ten.
  • Cymbalaria commuta Schur
  • Cymbalaria elatine (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Elatine hastata Moench
  • Elatine hastata var. purpurea Gray
  • Elatine hastata var. regularis Gray
  • Elatinoides elatine (L.) Kuntze
  • Elatinoides elatine (L.) Wettst.
  • Elatinoides sieberi (Rchb.) Dörfl.
  • Kickxia bombycina (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Rech.f.
  • Kickxia elatine subsp. bombycina (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Chrtek
  • Kickxia elatine subsp. crinita (Mabille) Greuter
  • Kickxia elatine var. prestandreae (Tineo) P.D.Sell
  • Kickxia lasiopoda (Vis.) Fritsch
  • Kickxia sieberi (Rchb.) Dörfl. & Allan
  • Kickxia subsessilis Pennell
  • Linaria auriculata St.-Lag.

and 40 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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