Plantaginaceae
Roundleaf cancerwort
Kickxia spuria
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Kickxia
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- كيكسيا سبوريا
- Czech
- Úporek pochybný
- Dutch
- Eironde leeuwenbek
- English
- Roundleaf cancerwort, Round-leaved fluellen
- Finnish
- Sarvinielukukka
- French
- Linaire bâtarde
- German
- Eiblättriges Tännelkraut, Eiblättriges Schlangenmaul
- hsb
- Njeprawy lenčk
- Polish
- Kiksja zgiętoostrogowa
- Slovenian
- Jajčastolistna lazica
- Swedish
- Rundsporre
- Welsh
- Llysiau-Llywelyn deilgrwn
Synonyms
- Antirrhinum spurium L.
- Cymbalaria spuria (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Elatine spuria (L.) Fourr.
- Elatinoides spuria (L.) Kuntze
- Elatinoides spuria (L.) Wettst.
- Linaria spuria (L.) Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 154 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, 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: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Kickxia floribundaPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia collenetteanaPlantaginaceae
- Kickxia corallicolaPlantaginaceae
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- 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.