Kickxia spuria(L.) Dumort.

round-leaved fluellenroundleaf cancerwort

WFO wfo-0000357128 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Kickxia spuria, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. a Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-19 / obs. 158445462
Kickxia spuria, photographed by euanmck
fig. b euanmck, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157571866
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Fabien Piednoir
fig. c Fabien Piednoir, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 156492212
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175900839
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. e Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152369474
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. f Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 99768414
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Conrad Altmann
fig. g Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91935474
Kickxia spuria, photographed by Andrea Meucci
fig. h Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 90626294

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Native range 40 botanical countries

Regions where Kickxia spuria is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, Madeira, Morocco, Selvagens, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, 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 AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoSelvagensTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Kickxia spuria, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
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 26 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 rotundifolium Gilib.
  • Antirrhinum spurium L.
  • Antirrhinum spurium var. integrifolium Brot.
  • Antirrhinum spurium var. peloria Gaudin
  • Cymbalaria dentata Schur
  • Cymbalaria spuria (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Elatine ovata Moench
  • Elatine ovata var. regularis Gray
  • Elatine spuria (L.) Fourr.
  • Elatinoides spuria (L.) Kuntze
  • Elatinoides spuria (L.) Wettst.
  • Elatinoides spuria var. racemigera (Lange) Cout.
  • Kickxia racemigera (Lange) Rothm.
  • Linaria nottae Dur.-Duq.
  • Linaria segetum Bubani
  • Linaria spuria (L.) Mill.
  • Linaria spuria f. villosa (Rouy) Pérez Lara
  • Linaria spuria var. dentata Chav.
  • Linaria spuria var. microphylla Chav.
  • Linaria spuria var. minoripes Pau
  • Linaria spuria var. peloria Klett & Richt.
  • Linaria spuria var. racemigera Lange
  • Linaria spuria var. toussaintii Corb.
  • Linaria spuria var. villosa Rouy

and 2 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.