Plantaginaceae
Fluellin
Kickxia elatine
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Kickxia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- حباحب أحرش
- arz
- حباحب احرش
- Chinese
- 戟叶凯氏草, 戟葉凯氏草, 银鱼草
- Czech
- Úporek hrálovitý
- Danish
- Spydbladet Torskemund
- Dutch
- Spiesleeuwenbek
- English
- Fluellin, Sharpleaf cancerwort, Harpleaf cancerwort, Sharped-leaved fluellen, Sharp-leaved fluellen
- Finnish
- Keihäsnielukukka
- French
- Linaire élatine, Linaire elatine
- German
- Spiessblättriges Tännelkraut, Spießblättriges Tännelkraut, Pfeilblättriges Schlangenmaul
- hsb
- Hlebjojty lenčk
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Spydtorskemunn
- Persian
- چنگارواش تیزبرگ
- Polish
- Kiksja oszczepowata
- Slovenian
- Kopjastolistna lazica
- Swedish
- Spjutsporre
- Welsh
- Llysiau Llywelyn
Synonyms
- Antirrhinum elatine L.
- Cymbalaria elatine (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Elatinoides elatine (L.) Kuntze
- Elatinoides elatine (L.) Wettst.
- Linaria elatine (L.) Mill.
- Tursitis elatine (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 262 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Wrench, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Kickxia floribundaPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia collenetteanaPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia corallicolaPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia dentataPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia elatinoidesPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia gombaultiiPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia hartliiPlantaginaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.